Selection Process
Interviews
Selected candidates will be invited for an interview. If selected, an Administrative Assistant will notify the candidate one to two weeks before the interview by telephone and/or email.
Timing of Interviews: Early August
Approximate Number of Candidates Selected for Interviews: 15 – 20
Selection Process
The admissions committee considers the following criteria in its decisions:
- Academic achievment
- Research experience, capabilities, and potential
- Leadership potential and commuity service
- Motivation, professionalism, and maturity
- Conetent of letters of recommendation
- Content of personal statement
- Teaching experience
- Communication skills
- Critical judgment
- Clinical experience
This program does not participate in the Postdoctoral Dental Matching Program. Accepted candidates are notified by telephone. Decisions will be available within 2 weeks after the interview. A letter of acceptance signed by the Program Director and Associate Dean for Academic Programs and Personnel will be issued upon acceptance.