Lessons learned from a non-traditional application process: Integrating user experiences to inform admission application design.

Purpose: The research aim was to gather applicant expectations and perspectives with a user-centered approach during a pilot application process for a new dental school. The goal was to inform future admissions practices at our institution and for programs broadly.

Methods: The High Point University admission team developed an electronic application external to current centralized services that was launched from May to August 2022.

Responding to emerging oral healthcare needs with CARE: Design of the CARE curriculum model.

The release of the National Institutes of Health report, Oral Health in America: Advances and Challenges, in 2022 identified a pressing concern about oral healthcare and that "the job is far from finished." The High Point University Workman School of Dental Medicine utilized this report as inspiration to facilitate the design of the Clinician-Advocate-Researcher-Entrepreneur Curriculum. The aspiration was to create a novel curriculum and experiential model to prepare learners for the future of dental medicine, including addressing these public oral healthcare needs.