New Clinical Site for the School of Dentistry Expands Reach to Western KY
A collaboration between the University of Louisville (UofL) and West Kentucky Community and Technical College (WKCTC) will allow students from both institutions to work together in a dental clinic while providing services to residents of the Jackson Purchase region.
PADUCAH, Ky. – A collaboration between the University of Louisville (UofL) and West Kentucky Community and Technical College (WKCTC) will allow students from both institutions to work together in a dental clinic while providing services to residents of the Jackson Purchase region. A memorandum of understanding between UofL and WKCTC allows the dental school to operate the mutually beneficial dental clinic on the second floor of the Anderson Technical Building on the WKCTC campus.
The clinic will have a full-time licensed dentist managed by the University of Louisville School of Dentistry (ULSD) and will be a clinical learning site for fourth-year UofL dental students. WKCTC will provide dental assistants from its existing dental assisting program along with the use of existing dental equipment and chairs. ULSD will provide expert dental oversight, supervision, and management of the dental clinic operations, including the establishment of all dental fees, billing and collection.
UofL is engaged in a similar collaboration with the Red Bird Mission and Red Bird Clinic located in Beverly, Kentucky. Dental students work under the direction of a local dentist, providing students with an opportunity to treat patients in a rural community and culture. Students also rotate through similar externship sites in urban settings, including the Shawnee Dental Clinic located in an underserved area of Louisville.
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