Dental Students from 2 Campuses Deliver Services in Tenn.
Forty-one students from the D-4 Davie campus and D-3 students from Tampa Bay and Davie took the trek to East Ridge Tennessee for an incredible Remote Area Medical Mission on Sept. 9-10.
Our Assistant Dean of Community Programs and Public Health was joined by our amazing faculty Mauro Mesko, Luis Paes de Barros, Augusto Duarte, and our second-year PG oral and maxillofacial resident Alexander Takshyn.
The students and faculty compassion, caring, clinical skills, and understanding of underserved populations were evident throughout the mission. A special thanks to RAM and Dean Steven Kaltman for his unending support and our wonderful celebration dinner.
Together we served almost 400 patients and provided close to $300,000 in donated dental care.
Remote Area Medical is a major nonprofit provider of free pop-up clinics. Their mission is to prevent pain and alleviate suffering by providing free, quality healthcare to those in need. They do this by delivering free dental, vision, and medical services to underserved and uninsured individuals. They have provided care across the world at over 1500 events.
These Outreach experiences provide an opportunity for dental students and reaffirm NSU core value of “Community” and help to:
- Develop a broad understanding of the community and social responsibilities they will have as Dental Professionals.
- Treat a diversity of patients with a variety of oral health care needs.
- Enhance their clinical skills.
- Participate in inter-professional learning experiences.
In the words of RAM founder Stan Brock, “Never forget the Mission.”
Posted 09/24/23