Healthy Smiles for Higher Education Students

Introduction

You are a part of a global effort to increase access to education and empower students through “open pedagogy.”  Open pedagogy is a “free access” educational practice that places you – the student – at the center of your own learning process in a more engaging, collaborative learning environment.  The ultimate purpose of this effort is to achieve greater social justice in our community in which the work can be freely shared with the broader community.  This is a renewable assignment that is designed to enable you to become an agent of change in your community through the framework of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).  For this work, you will integrate the disciplines of Business and English/Reading to achieve SDG #3: Good Health and Well-Being.   

Learning Objectives

This interdisciplinary assignment has two steps: The first part is to complete an informal questionnaire by talking with seven students determine if students are interested in mobile dental care on college campuses. Secondly, you will develop a proposal to write a grant to request funding to support mobile dentistry on college campuses.

Purpose/Rationale

This active learning practice is designed to improve your academic skills, increase community connections, and improve social justice for our community.

Instructions

Most students after college don’t have medical care. One way to help prevent periodontal and gingival diseases among college students is to provide free-access for college students to get a yearly dental cleaning on the college campus.

This interdisciplinary assignment has two steps: The first part is to complete an informal questionnaire by talking with seven students determine if students are interested in mobile dental care on college campuses.

Secondly, you will develop a proposal to write a grant to request funding to support mobile dentistry on college campuses. The business plan (BSAD 101) or a proposal (ENGL 103) should include a built-in aspect for students in dentistry to acquire an internship through this yearly visit to college campuses. The prototype for activity will be similar to the mobile food pantry on college campuses and meals on wheels programs. By the end of the project, you should be able to discuss your findings including the impact that this project will have on preventing the escalating periodontal and gingival diseases among college students.

Format Requirements

The basic framework for a business plan or the proposal will be provided by your professor.