005 Protecting our Public Health Podcast with Sharity Ludwig

This week, on the Protecting our Public Health Podcast, Sharity is joined by Dr. Eli Schwarz, Chair of Community Dentistry at Oregon Health and Science University (OHSU), who shares his perspective on what academia is doing to promote public health and population based care.

 

Episode Highlights:

 

• Dr. Schwarz’s professional history
• His primary role currently and what he is working to accomplish
• Dr. Schwarz’s opinion on the biggest change in dental student education over his career
• How dental students are being prepared to be trauma-informed care providers

 

Quotes:

 

“Unfortunately, dental public health and the other subjects in the dental school are still relatively ‘siloed’.”

“It’s almost like a capstone project…where they suddenly see the light, if you will, where they understand what public health means in reality.”

“We see some very serious crises in society, like the opioid crisis, which is obviously linked both to social determinants of health and also to provider behaviors.”

“During my career…I’ve almost seen it all, and I’m sort of very optimistic at the moment.”

“The general oral health situation in the country has actually improved…but clearly, there are still some challenges.”

“Many of our students…have actually never met individuals that come from very diverse backgrounds.”

“That’s probably a weak point for us.”

Links:

The Dental Podcast Network Channel One homepage:

 http://dentalpodcastnetworkchannelone.otcpn.libsynpro.com/

  

The Dental Podcast Network Channel Two homepage:

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-dental-podcast-networks-channel-two/id1478530429

 

OHSU homepage:   https://www.ohsu.edu/