UDLA's Dentistry program prepares professionals with a worldwide perspective and a commitment to society. Graduates get extensive academic and practical training based on a rigorous preparation in fundamental, pre-clinical, and clinical sciences, which equips them with the necessary skills to prevent and manage problems affecting individual and group health. They are qualified to work in both public and private organizations, including clinics, hospitals, and private practices.
Graduates of the Dentistry program can provide an accurate, complete, clinical, and epidemiological diagnosis of various oral diseases, and prepare and implement treatment plans for the patient's benefit. They contribute to the development of projects based on scientific research, as well as the analysis and justification of such projects. Furthermore, graduates perform oral health promotion, preventive, protection, and rehabilitation procedures. In the health profession, they will executes actions of promotion, prevention, protection and recovery of oral health and establishe an interpersonal relationship with patients.
Graduates are expected to contribute to the country's well-being by meeting every difficulty that arises in a profession that is always changing.
Demographic Data: Program headcount totals the number of students enrolled yearly and a breakdown by men and women. Enrollment by ethnicity presents data on the most representative ethnic groups of the program.
Student Completion:
Retention and graduation rates are calculated through the 2021-2022 academic year, based on new, first-time students entering in the fall semester, regardless of whether they enroll in the daytime or evening version of their program (if available). These rates do not consider incoming transfer students. Retention rates are calculated in 1 and 2 years.
Graduation rates are calculated according to each program’s duration length (100%) and within 150% of the normal time for a bachelor’s degree. The percentage of graduates in each cohort by gender considers only actual graduates, not the original makeup of the cohort.
Scholarship information: Information is divided by the type of scholarship granted.
Geographic Data: Presents the composition of the students of the program.
Add'l. Demogr. Data: Includes information on marital status, disability, and first-generation students.
In every semester, the program provides assessment results according to its Multiannual Assessment Plan (MAP), which typically considers one or more of its program learning outcomes (PLOs). Most programs utilize the platform Brightspace to collect and assess student work and to present the data and evidence of student achievement. These results and their analysis, with the objective of identifying areas for improvement, are presented in the program’s annual assessment report. In the graphic below, the most recent period in which a PLO has been assessed is indicated, with the percentage indicating achievement of the expected performance standard for that PLO, according to the rubric used to evaluate the student work. This standard can be designated at an introductory, intermediate, or final level, depending upon how the course learning outcomes (CLOs) align to each PLO in the program’s curriculum map.