Dean Dillenberg selected to join GWU advisory committee
Posted: March 18, 2016
Jack Dillenberg, DDS, MPH, dean of A.T. Still University’s Arizona School of Dentistry & Oral Health, has been selected by George Washington University (GWU) to participate on an advisory committee during a study aimed at developing social mission metrics for health professions schools. The one-year study, funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, will be led by GWU researchers. The study proposes the creation of system of metrics that could be used in a regularized way to identify the level of engagement of medical, dental, and nursing schools in social mission activities, track them over time, and/or compare them to other institutions. The initiative has three phases with the first two being undertaken in 2016 and which include development and pilot testing, and then implementation. Dr. Dillenberg, who was selected for his expertise in progressive dental education, will join a committee comprised of leaders in health professions education, health policy, metrics development, and public health. Members of the committee will provide advice on the development of metrics and an instrument to be piloted at six schools (two medical, two nursing, and two dental), and serve as counselors to the program leadership as the study proceeds.