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PC-004 - General Practice Residency Programs- a bridging pathway for medically complex patients

Monday, March 23, 2026

3:30 PM - 4:30 PM EDT

Location: Room 513 E, Fifth Floor, Palais

CE: 1

Keyword: Interprofessional Collaborative Care (PC)
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Gayathri Subramanian, B.D.S., Ph.D., D.M.D.

Rutgers School of Dental Medicine

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Samuel Y. P. Quek, D.M.D., M.P.H.

Rutgers School of Dental Medicine

Medically complex patients and patients with special needs experience challenges to health care access, especially in receiving timely oral care. The delivery of such care demands interdisciplinary partnerships and a comprehensive understanding of their unique needs in order to meet even routine dental care.
This educational session showcases the front-line role played by school- and hospital-based general practice residency (GPR) programs for delivering such care and in preparing the health care leaders of tomorrow. GPR programs inherently facilitate the confluence of advanced dental education and interdisciplinary care platforms in providing improved access to high quality dental care for this challenging population of patients.

Learning Objectives:

Describe Commission on Dental Accreditation-prescribed goals of the GPR program and explain how these goals help augment care for the medically complex dental patient.
Explain why and how medically complex patients with dental needs are ideally managed in the interdisciplinary environment accessible through the GPR platform.
Recognize GPR training as a bridging pathway for improved access to care for patients with special needs / medically complex dental patients and participants can advocate to their students for the same as dental educators.