The faculty are committed to curriculum innovation that includes the following:

• move portions of the curriculum to prerequisite requirements
• integrate foundation knowledge from prerequisite courses into clinical science courses
• develop the curriculum based on interdisciplinary thematic units
• initiate early clinical involvement of students
• investigate decompression of the curriculum
• investigate distance learning for applicable areas
• investigate development of consortium for sharing implementation of portions of curriculum
• develop modalities for students to learn core knowledge by taking advantage of new technology
• develop modalities to take advantage of innovative teaching and learning methods, new varied institutional environments, and student characteristics
• accommodate variations in individual student's learning speed and style as well as differing career objectives
• investigate active or self-directed learning
• investigate methods to assure relevance to future practice
• investigate methods to recruit and train students for careers in academic dentistry
• investigate methods to increase the inter-professional aspects of the curriculum
• develop community-based clinical educational experiences
• carry out assessment of data on outcomes on innovations in curriculum
• provide positive contributions to access to care for the underserved
• incorporate evidence-based practice
• develop appreciation of the importance of biological and population sciences for the continuous improvement of oral health care
• foster continuous learning and critical thinking relationship to post-graduate education

*NOTE: The Midwestern University College of Dental Medicine reserves the right to alter its curriculum, and classes are subject to change pursuant to curriculum innovation and accreditation requirements.