Our Telehealth service now provides assistance to hundreds of patients each day and allows for photo-sharing and teleconferencing via Zoom to assist in diagnosis and proper referral and treatment, depending on specific patient care issues. We initiated a groundbreaking Telehealth Service program so that we would not leave our patients without access to a dentist. The objective of the campaign is twofold: to recruit patients to the new Brooklyn facility and to persuade people that it is safe to return to the Manhattan campus for care. Following are some of the new processes and protocols being planned for re-entry: Additional FAQs are listed on the FAQ web page. The students whose deficiencies have been defined as eligible to challenge their remaining requirements in this manner have been or will be notified by the course directors/department chairs of their eligibility status. Updated December 1, 2020. The presumption is that any school, unit, or individual which had been planning academic or other travel to China has cancelled those plans, and the cancellation will remain in place until the guidance changes. Because each class has specific phase-in requirements, it’s important that you take note of what’s relevant to your class as you make plans to return. We congratulate Dr. Grossman and Dr. Flicker-Grossman on this well-deserved distinction, and on all Dr. Grossman does to bring honor to his alma mater. The uncertainty is because answers to many of these questions depend on the status of the public health issue itself or on compliance with the many systems of governance to whom we answer: the New York State Department of Education, the Commission on Dental Accreditation (CODA) of the American Dental Association, the New York State Department of Health, the University, and the Governor’s Office. Your Binx saliva test MUST be conducted on either Dec. 26th or Dec. 27th — and you’ll need to mail it IMMEDIATELY to ensure that it can be analyzed in time for you to be cleared to enter the building (provided results are negative, of course). And I promise you this: When we are able to reconvene, we will have all the resources in place to enable you to fulfill your educational expectations and needs, and we will do so within a framework of safeguarding the health and safety of our entire community. Quarantining, mask-wearing, physical distancing, the wearing of PPE, avoiding gatherings, frequent hand sanitizing, COVID-19 testing, using stairs instead of elevators, Zoom-enabled classrooms — all of these measures will help to check the spread of the virus and safeguard our community’s health and that of our neighbors. We thank you again for doing your part to keep each other safe. And now we must acknowledge that the College of Dentistry unfortunately will not be able to resume regular teaching and learning activities on April 20, as we had hoped. All NYU. T1 - Perspectives on meeting the COVID-19 testing challenge. In addition, our Telehealth team will be able to consult with clinical department chairs as needed. Details will be forthcoming on the University website. As we continue our phased resumption of clinical operations, including the return of DDS students to the Group Practices, we are cautiously optimistic that we will more than double the number of daily patient visits by September 30, fulfilling the needs of so many New Yorkers who rely on us for their oral health care — and who are adapting to our new intake procedures, remaining socially distanced as they arrive for morning appointments. If additional fit testing is required because of a change such as facial hair growth, follow the instructions provided for. Dental Medicine—Family Health Centers at NYU Langone provides dental care to adults, children, and people with special needs. The virtual program will begin promptly at 3:00 PM via Bluejeans. The guidance reads as follows: The Commission reminds each educational program that it has an obligation and responsibility to ensure that its graduates of the Class of 2020 are competent and that the program complies with CODA’s Accreditation Standards. The College of Dentistry was founded in 1865 as the "New York College of Dentistry." While the current circumstances surrounding 2019 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) are challenging for most people, many teenagers are particularly impacted.Some are missing the first season on their varsity team, their part in the school play, or their final semester of high school. The dental school has never previously allowed students the choice of taking a course on a pass/fail basis. Cleaning and disinfecting regimens by facilities staff have been greatly increased. It is anticipated that students will clear all “I” grades on or before the end of the fall semester in December 2020. NYU Dentistry COVID-19 Diagnostic App Receives Award in HHS Design-a-Thon. Speaking of education and training, I ask all students, faculty, and staff to be sure to complete the mandatory “Dentistry and COVID-19 Training” Tutorial now available on NYU iLearn and NYU Classes. To further enhance our efforts to create an environment in which all members of our community — students, faculty, administrators, and staff — can thrive, I have invited Associate Dean John McIntosh and Assistant Dean Dr. Eugenia Mejia to lead a task force to address our campus climate with regard to diversity and inclusion, and they have both graciously accepted this invitation to serve as chair and co-chair, respectively. I am well aware of how disappointing and disruptive it can be not to be able to travel at this time. Suspend on campus NYU Dental School activities due to increased spread of Coronavirus! note = "Copyright: Copyright 2020 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.". Perspectives on meeting the COVID-19 testing challenge: A dental school collaborative. The COVID-19 outbreak is presenting unprecedented challenges to our health care system, and I was pleased to share with you in an email last week some of the ways that our community has stepped up to offer help where help is needed. Our partnership with MCHC will make medical care come alive for dental students by working side-by-side with physicians in medically managing the student’s own assigned dental patients who do not have alternatives for general health care. During this period, we were also able to conduct WREB and CDCA licensing exams for more than 120 students and to provide non-clinical simulation exercises for rising D4 students. All NYU Dentistry students should plan to study at home. We appreciate the cooperation of our entire community as we move forward with resumption of patient care, and we tip our hats to the deeply committed team of faculty and staff who have been setting the bar very high for the rest of us as they’ve readied the College for this current phase of our plan. MCHC currently has five federally qualified health centers throughout New York City; the new center at NYU Dentistry, its sixth, will be the first in Manhattan. They are researching quicker testing methods, creating open-source designs for face shields, and developing 3-D–printed respirator components and ventilator splitters, among many other initiatives. NYU Is Latest NYC School Sued For Coronavirus Tuition Refund A class-action lawsuit filed by an art student's mom follows similar suits at Columbia, Fordham and Pace after COVID … Urgent care will be provided from Saturday, March 14, through Saturday, March 21, from 9 am to 4 pm. All students in all academic programs will receive ample notice of the resumption date and will have ample time to return. I urge you to keep up with all the rapidly changing information through both the NYU Dentistry website for patient information and the NYU Dentistry Resources Page for procedures for fielding questions and/or dealing with dental emergencies. By most accounts, the process has been fairly smooth; and that is because you and your faculty members who are so deeply committed to your academic progress have risen to the occasion and understand that we are all very much in this together. Interested students should complete this form to provide their contact information and estimated dates. As always, be safe and well, and take good care of yourselves. Do not wear masks or respirators below your chin or pulled down under your nose, and do not remove them when you are speaking. Departments and offices who have personnel who perform essential duties will be in contact with these designated employees with further information. Chair, Dr. Ignatious N. and Sally Quartararo Dept. You may also direct them to the website for more information. As they become available, all tutorials will be accessible via iLearn and will be linked from the Dental COVID-19 Resources card on NYU Home, and students will be directed to an NYU Classes site. In addition, given that COVID-19 rates are rising both in New York and nationally, I would like to take this opportunity to discourage you from making travel plans for the winter recess as well. In addition to providing comprehensive dental care for patients, the Brooklyn facility, which will open in October, will also provide a new model for dental education — an innovative “mentor-protégé” program in which advanced dental students work closely alongside faculty and get real-time feedback. Interim Chair, Ashman Dept. We are in this together, and together we must keep each other safe. and Daniel Fine and Steve Kess and Alfano, {Michael C.} and Ari Levy and Amid Ismail and Thomas Rams and Michael Reddy and Stuart Gansky and Rai Ramneek and McCauley, {Laurie K.} and Robert Eber and Mark Wolff and Harlan Krumholz". Donoff, R. Bruce ; Poznansky, Mark ; Kochman, David ; Lieberthal, Bruce ; Bhansali, Seema ; Neale, Allison ; Bryant, Daniel. Listed below are just a few of these "FAQs," along with key details of the processes and procedures planned for the resumption of in-person activities. If you travel to countries with US entry restrictions, there is a high level of uncertainty about whether you will be readmitted to the US. The entire amendment is posted on both the DDS Academic Standards & Policies (Classes of 2019, 2020, and 2021) (PDF) and the DDS Academic Standards & Policies (Class of 2022 and Onward) (PDF). The University has sought to provide some clarity by providing the following COVID-19 International Student FAQs, which I want to reiterate here. All patients are prescreened no more than 24 hours before their appointment, must check in with the Patient Service Representative desk just inside the revolving doors (at the bottom of the stairway), and be screened onsite with a temperature check at the top of the stairway. We hope and expect to be able to do this within the coming weeks, pending appropriate authorizations. Louis Terracio, PhD The initial tutorial is now accessible via iLearn and linked from the Dental COVID-19 Resources card on NYU Home. Such consequences could seriously jeopardize your academic progress and delay promotion or graduation. In addition, providers from the Department of Oral Maxillofacial Pathology, Radiology, and Medicine are continuing with the Telehealth service for oral medicine and orofacial pain patients. From my perspective, the document underscores the resiliency of the dental profession and our commitment to protect the health and safety of our patients. NYSED and CODA — the regulatory agencies governing education, licensure, and accreditation — must approve any changes made to the curriculum and the methods by which all requirements and competencies for graduation will be satisfied absent the ability to do so during the provision of patient care. The center, located in Suite 1B adjacent to the Septodont Auditorium, will be operated and staffed by physicians from MCHC and will offer primary and specialty medical care as well as behavioral health services to primarily low-income and underserved patients, including medically and behaviorally complex patients. Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery residents will follow their own programmatic schedule. Copyright 2020 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved. JavaScript is either disabled or not supported by your browser. Protecting the health and safety of our entire community — patients, students, faculty, administrators, and staff — is fundamental to the success of our plan. As the College transitioned to remote instruction and operations on March 13, a task force was immediately established to plan for the moment when official authorization would allow us to resume in-person teaching, learning, and patient care. Ginette is responsible not only for organizing the dental care outreaches, but also for ensuring that students are able to satisfy their clinical requirements in this area. Having money deducted from my paycheck over the course of a year was the most painless way to do it. The event, held from April 29 to May 2, showcased the work of 191 pre- and postdoctoral dental students, dental hygiene students, international programs students, master’s degree students, and research scholars. of Pediatric Dentistry, Leila Jahangiri, DMD, MS, BDS As a result of COVID-19, ADEA and the ADEA AADSAS Advisory Group have decided to extend the 2020-21 cycle acceptance notification date from Dec. 1 to Dec. 15. Memorandum to: All students in all academic programs from Dean Charles N. Bertolami, Subject: Remote instruction following spring break. Again, this amendment applies only to courses completed between March 9, 2020, and the end of the spring semester. These celebrations are highlighted below. Again, please stay informed by regularly checking the portals mentioned above. If you are an employee, they could impede the College’s clinical and academic operations. Keep your mask on when talking on your cell phone; you can be heard through your mask. Students returning to NYU had to watch a 7-minute YouTube video that not only outlined the school’s thorough COVID-19 prevention policies but warned of dire consequences to violators. Indeed, maintaining the safety and health of everyone in the NYU Dentistry community in the coming year is a mutual responsibility; we must work together to keep each other safe. Anonymous started this petition to NYUCD . of Dental Hygiene & Dental Assisting, Asgeir Sigurdsson, DDS, MS The celebration video, which will go live at 11:00 am on the Virtual Celebration web page, features several members of the class who share their experiences at NYU Dentistry. For a variety of reasons, outlined below, we came to the unanimous decision to retain our existing, graded, system of evaluation. We can do this. Limit time in the Commons and other shared spaces — and adhere to the. Absent attendance at our clinics and preclinical simulation laboratories, students have had considerably more time for study. There is currently an entry ban for all non-citizens of the US (except lawful permanent residents and immediate family members of US citizens and lawful permanent residents) who have visited China or Iran within 14 days of trying to enter the US. With that objective in mind, we have created a strategic, phased-in approach to continuing to provide our students with the very best education. As always, your health and safety are our highest priorities, and we appreciate your understanding during this evolving situation. Further, the study found no substantial increase in risk for more severe … We will work with students every step of the way to make the process as easy and convenient as possible, and there will be no penalties applied in the event that students face challenges to their plans to return. International Graduates of non-U.S. dental schools will appreciate our advanced three year curriculum resulting in a D.M.D. As we consider the various options available to us, please know that our aim is to minimize disruption to our students' academic progress as much as possible. To that end, I’m pleased to report that the past week has brought very good news on several fronts. Having dental care and medical care under one roof is uncommon but logical, given that oral health and general health are fundamentally intertwined. In that regard, I want to recognize the extraordinary efforts, dedication, and flexibility that were demonstrated by the chairs and faculty in all of the programs to quickly modify and adapt their courses to synchronous and asynchronous delivery methods; to revise the order of courses in order to deliver as much of the didactic portion of the curriculum as feasible during the period of remote instruction; to develop a new classification system to determine eligibility for competency assessment, and to provide innovative alternative methods of assessment, which led to our ability to graduate nearly 98 percent of the DDS Class of 2020 and virtually 100 percent of the PG Programs Class of 2020 on time. More than 20 New York University students have been suspended for breaking the school's new coronavirus policies as colleges grapple with how to keep young adults from spreading COVID-19. Below is a day-by-day summary of the University's COVID-19 testing and findings. Stay tuned. Describe your experience as a dental student during the COVID-19 pandemic. Furthermore, in order to maintain the integrity of the examination process, we made the additional decision to eliminate backward navigation on examinations but not to decrease the nominal time for examinations, which remains as stated in the syllabus. With the current events circulating around Coronavirus it is imperative that NYUCD should temporarily suspend all classes on campus. To this end, the Task Force will conduct a climate assessment of diversity issues to get accurate feedback on what the environment is truly like for people of color. It is a tribute to the innovative spirit of the entire OKU leadership that they were able to host such a spectacular event and a welcome recognition of the academic excellence demonstrated by the newest inductees. Let me add that while NY State recently changed its requirements for the length of quarantine following travel to restricted states, travel restrictions can change rapidly and with little notice, and missed sessions due to failure to follow travel and quarantine rules are unexcused absences and cannot be rescheduled. Associate Dean for Clinical Affairs and Hospital Relations. Only YOU can prevent exposures and positivity! I am pleased to welcome all of you back after summer break. Each of these schools provide you with an education necessary to become a licensed, practicing dentist in New York. You MUST complete all mandatory online trainings specified by the Office of Clinical Affairs before returning to the College; and MUST attend all assigned in-person trainings arranged by your program with the Office of Clinical Affairs. As always, be well and take good care of yourselves. But I can promise you this, we will do everything we can within the constraints imposed by others and we will keep you apprised of all developments as they occur. Two of MCHC’s centers already have training programs for NYU dental students, and the new health center will provide an additional training opportunity where students currently learn and care for patients. NYU BioReference: Appointments must be scheduled (students can make appointments here). A virtual celebration of graduating students throughout the University premiered on May 20, 2020. We will be updating it regularly, and will be sending out additional follow-up communications as well. Accordingly, as we are now one month away from the anticipated September 8 start date of blended classes for the DDS program — and as the University has finalized its policy for quarantining and guidance for testing, which applies to all students, within the last several days — I am writing to inform you that you will receive schedules on or before August 21, and each class will also receive class-specific details in a separate email. The remedial program must be accomplished within a designated "remedial period" which will be at the end of the academic year. The NYU COVID-19 Task Force continues to leverage NYU’s intellectual and technological resources. If you are a student, such consequences could seriously jeopardize your academic progress. title = "Perspectives on meeting the COVID-19 testing challenge: A dental school collaborative". NYU Dentistry has a significant global reach with a highly diverse student body. 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