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...many workers at the meeting criticized the contract because it does not include benefits such as pension plans, dental costs and Blue Cross coverage...
...Leon I. Dogon, associate dean for student affairs at the Dental School said yesterday the fifth year would add another essential dimension to the education of the doctoral candidates--an understanding of health care delivery...
Dogon added that a fifth year of required study is a concept unique to Harvard's dental school, though a few other schools offer a fifth year of study as an elective...
...Gerard C. Kress, assistant dean for admissions at the Dental School, said yesterday that the five-year program will be the first of its kind in the United States. The new program will serve a different purpose from the usual four-year course of study because its more demanding curriculum is designed to attract students who foresee a career that extends beyond private practice, Kress added...
Because Harvard's dental school is so small, with a graduating class of about 20 students per year, administrators designed the rigorous program to preselect students who are most highly committed to learning, Kress said. These students will be trained as scholars as well as elinicians, and will be able to represent dentistry effectively to the public and the media in debates that will shape the future of the profession, he added...