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The General Practice Residency (GPR) program of the University of Puerto Rico School of Dentistry (UPRSD) is a fully accredited residency-training program sponsored by the School of Dentistry, Medical Sciences Campus, and affiliated to the University District Hospital in San Juan and the Hospital of the University of Puerto Rico in the municipality of Carolina.
 

This program has been training residents in advanced general dentistry and delivering comprehensive dental care since July 1988.

The GPR program is designed to provide advanced training in clinical dentistry and applied basic and medical sciences, and to refine the skills necessary for the generalist to provide comprehensive patient care with a high level of competency for all populations groups.  It prepares the residents to manage total oral health by providing instruction and experience in the delivery of care to a wide range of ambulatory and hospitalized patients.

The general practice residency training is provided primarily in the context of patient care, in which most of the resident's time is devoted to direct delivery of oral health care.  The program consists of 12 consecutive months of both core and elective components.  Clinical work is supplemented by formal educational activities to assure that students achieve program goals and objectives and derive maximum educational value from clinical experiences.  Students must pass all courses in the study program in order to qualify for certification.

The program^'s three major components are: academic, hospital rotations, and dental services.  These include:

        Academic

         Hospital Rotations

         Dental Services

POSTDOCTORAL CERTIFICATE IN GENERAL DENTISTRY (FIRST YEAR PROGRAM)

TOTAL CREDIT HOURS: 27 SEMESTER C.H.
+13 TRIMESTER C.H.

First Trimester

Second Trimester

Third Trimester

First Semester

Second Semester

OPTIONAL SECOND YEAR PROGRAM

The University of Puerto Rico School of Dentistry offers, to interested first year residents, the opportunity to continue studies leading to a General Practice Residency Program Certificate-Second Year.  This second year has been design to provide the residents with the opportunity to design his/her clinical sessions and acquire experience in areas of their own interest.  In addition didactic and clinical courses are officered to confer a level of proficiency in those skills acquired during their previous years of studies.

Didactic and clinical experiences are also provided in practice administration, research and teaching.  Students are required to write a research proposal before graduation and to assume supervisory responsibilities with senior students and first year GPR residents.  The academic year will consist of 52 weeks (July 1^st to June 30^th).

POSTDOCTORAL CERTIFICATE IN GENERAL DENTISTRY (SECOND YEAR PROGRAM)

TOTAL CREDIT HOURS: 23 SEMESTER C.H.
+ 12 TRIMESTER C.H.

First Trimester

Second Trimester

First Semester

Second Semester

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