Assessing the delivery of comprehensive care at a dental school.

A key mission of a dental school is to train students to be competent dentists through the delivery of comprehensive care to patients. Comprehensive care is defined as a seamless and integrated dental treatment that addresses all patients' dental needs. Identification of a health care problem is the essential first step in quality improvement to medical education curriculum and its outcomes.

Assessing user perceptions of an electronic patient record (EPR) before implementation.

As part of a comprehensive strategy to implement an electronic patient record (EPR), faculty, residents, students and support staff, were surveyed to assess their attitudes and awareness towards an EPR before implementation. Results of the survey suggested a high degree of awareness and optimistic outlook by many users about the potential of the EPR to improve efficiency and patient care.