AADRADEA Academic Dental Careers Fellowship Program continued

Washington鈥擳he American Dental Education Association and the American Association for Dental Research will continue the AADR/ADEA Academic Dental Careers Fellowship Program for the 2008-09 academic year.

The application deadline is Feb. 25.

The year-long Academic Dental Careers Fellowship Program is for dental and allied dental students and their mentors who are interested in pursuing careers in academic dentistry.

“This program has been a successful opportunity for cultivating students interested in academic dentistry,” said Dr. James Q. Swift, ADEA president.

Launched in 2006 with a grant from the ADA Foundation, the Academic Dental Careers Fellowship Program is designed to reach students attending all U.S. and Canadian dental schools and allied programs that are ADEA members, and encourage and prepare students to enter academic dentistry.

Since the program’s inception, 22 students have completed the fellowship, and all have indicated that they will be seeking academic positions after completing their dental education.

This is a year-long fellowship for 10 dental students and one allied dental student and their mentors beginning in the summer of 2008 and ending at the close of the 2008-09 academic year. The fellowship’s components include:

• a day and a half summer fellow/mentor training session;
• biweekly collaborative meetings between fellows and mentors;
• faculty/administrator interviews;
• teaching practicum in four settings;
• career reflection essays;
• research practicum;
• poster presentation at the 2009 AADR/ADEA annual session;
• ADCFP portfolio;
• ADCFP evaluation.聽

The 2008-09 fellows will be announced March 31 at the 85th ADEA Annual Session and Exhibition in Dallas. For more information or to apply, go to www.adea.org or contact Dr. Dave Brunson at brunsond@adea.org (1-202-289-7201, ext. 179).