{"id":1068,"date":"2022-03-01T01:08:21","date_gmt":"2022-03-01T01:08:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stagewp.westernu.edu\/dentistry\/?page_id=1068"},"modified":"2024-02-24T00:07:52","modified_gmt":"2024-02-24T00:07:52","slug":"experiential-learning","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/stagewp.westernu.edu\/dentistry\/experiential-learning\/","title":{"rendered":"Experiential Learning"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"hero-secondary\">\n  <div class=\"relative bg-black\">\n                <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"adhere object-cover\" src=\"\/media\/dentistry\/images\/care-harbor-fairplex.jpg\" srcset=\"\" sizes=\"100vw\" alt=\"WesternU played a large role in Care Harbor Fairplex, a free mega-clinic\">\n      <div class=\"adhere gradient-overlay\"><\/div>\n        <div class=\"relative container pt-56 md:pt-112 pb-144 md:pb-192\">\n      <div class=\"md:flex md:justify-between px-12\">\n        <div class=\"sm:w-8\/12 md:w-6\/12 xl:w-5\/12 px-12\">\n                      <div class=\"mb-20\">\n              <div class=\"block font-sans font-bold text-14 text-white leading-130\">\n  <span class=\"inline-block\">\n    <a href=\"\/\" class=\"block hover:underline\">WesternU<\/a>\n  <\/span>\n      <span class=\"inline-block mx-6\">\/<\/span>\n          <a href=\"https:\/\/stagewp.westernu.edu\/dentistry\" class=\"inline-block hover:underline\">College of Dental Medicine<\/a>\n          <span class=\"inline-block mx-6\">\/<\/span>\n    <span class=\"inline-block\"><\/span>\n  <\/div>            <\/div>\n                                        <h1 class=\"t-h1-sans  text-white\"><\/h1>\n        <\/div>\n              <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"relative my-48 md:my-72\">\n  <div class=\"container\">\n    <div class=\"lg:flex px-12 lg:justify-start\">\n              <div class=\"w-full lg:w-5\/12 2xl:w-4\/12 -mt-80 md:-mt-112 mb-48 px-12 lg:pr-32\">\n                              <nav class=\"py-28 px-40 2xl:px-64 rounded-5 md:rounded-8 bg-gray-darker text-white mb-40\">\n            <ul>\n                                              <li class=\"block my-8\">\n                  <a class=\"text-22 font-normal leading-130 tracking-20 text-white hover:text-yellow transition-default\" href=\"https:\/\/stagewp.westernu.edu\/dentistry\/outreach\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">Community Outreach<\/a>\n                <\/li>\n                          <\/ul>\n          <\/nav>\n                            <\/div>\n      \n      \n                  \n                  \n      <div class=\"w-full px-24 wysiwyg-content lg:w-7\/12 2xl:w-7\/12\">\n        <p>College of Dental Medicine faculty work side-by-side with students and patients to teach, learn, and heal together. This experiential learning founded in the concept of humanism ensures our graduates are adaptable, persistent, resilient, and compassionate. They are prepared to care for patients from a variety of diverse and socioeconomic backgrounds.<\/p>\n\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"my-48 md:mt-96 md:mb-72\" vue-app>\n  <div class=\"container\">\n    <div class=\"app-gutter\">\n      <div class=\"relative md:flex md:justify-end\">\n        <div class=\"app-gutter\">\n                                  <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"md:absolute md:-top-32 md:left-0 w-full md:w-5\/12 lg:w-6\/12 h-240 sm:h-320 md:h-full object-cover rounded-t-5 md:rounded-8\" src=\"\/media\/dentistry\/images\/we-care-dental.jpg\" srcset=\"\" sizes=\"(min-width: 768px) 50vw, 100vw\" alt=\"We Care Dental facility in Rancho Mirage\">\n                  <\/div>\n        <div class=\"md:w-8\/12 xl:w-7\/12 app-gutter\">\n          <div class=\"p-32 sm:p-40 md:px-0 md:py-80 rounded-b-5 md:rounded-8 bg-red\">\n            <div class=\"md:ml-1\/8 lg:ml-1\/4 xl:ml-1\/7 md:px-40 lg:px-80\">\n                              \t\t\t\t\n<div class=\"text-lockup text-lockup--red\">\n\t<h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"t-h2-serif  block text-yellow\">WesternU Health <\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"t-h2-sans  block text-white\">Rancho Mirage<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wysiwyg-content t-p2 mt-24 text-white\">Our We Care Dental Center team works to exceed the expectations of our patients with every encounter. Our faculty and staff work with students to ensure our patients feel comfortable, at ease, and relaxed during their dental visits with us.<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"mt-28\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"cta-arrow cta-arrow--white \" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernuhealth.com\/wecaredental\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n    WesternU Health Rancho Mirage \u2013 We Care Dental<svg class=\"cta-arrow__icon d-block w-16 ml-12\" viewBox=\"0 0 20 16\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><polygon fill=\"currentColor\" points=\"11.3168217 0 9.27266614 2.39591605 14.0042587 6.6137266 8.92524936 6.42314237 0 6.42314237 0 9.57685763 8.92524936 9.57685763 14.0042587 9.3862734 9.19197579 13.6063528 11.3168217 16 20 8\"><\/polygon><\/svg>\n<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n                          <\/div>\n          <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<section class=\"my-48 md:mt-96 md:mb-72\" vue-app>\n  <div class=\"container\">\n    <div class=\"flex flex-wrap md:flex-row-reverse md:items-center app-gutter\">\n      <div class=\"md:w-6\/12 xl:w-7\/12 app-gutter pl-16\">\n        <div class=\"rounded-5 md:rounded-8 md:h-560 bg-yellow\">\n                                  <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"w-full h-256 md:h-560 object-cover rounded-5 md:rounded-8 transform -translate-y-10 -translate-x-8 md:-translate-y-18 md:-translate-x-16\" src=\"\/media\/dentistry\/images\/pcc-01.jpg\" srcset=\"\" sizes=\"(min-width: 768px) 50vw, 100vw\" alt=\"Exterior of Patient Care Center in Pomona\">\n                  <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"md:w-6\/12 xl:w-5\/12 mt-32 md:mt-0 px-12 md:pr-40 lg:px-80\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"md:pb-40\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<div class=\"text-lockup text-lockup--default\">\n\t<h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"t-h2-serif  block text-red-light\">WesternU Health <\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"t-h2-sans  block text-red\">Pomona Dental Care<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wysiwyg-content t-p2 mt-24 text-black\">The Dental Center provides both primary and specialty dental care for entire families, including young children, teens, adults, and seniors. The Dental Center is an innovative blend of dental education and patient care. Student dentists work under the direct supervision of licensed dental faculty to deliver quality and comprehensive oral health care with a strong emphasis on compassion. <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"mt-28\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"cta-arrow cta-arrow--red \" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernuhealth.com\/pomona\/services\/dental\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n    WesternU Health Pomona Dental Care<svg class=\"cta-arrow__icon d-block w-16 ml-12\" viewBox=\"0 0 20 16\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><polygon fill=\"currentColor\" points=\"11.3168217 0 9.27266614 2.39591605 14.0042587 6.6137266 8.92524936 6.42314237 0 6.42314237 0 9.57685763 8.92524936 9.57685763 14.0042587 9.3862734 9.19197579 13.6063528 11.3168217 16 20 8\"><\/polygon><\/svg>\n<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<section class=\"my-48 md:mt-96 md:mb-72\" id=\"off-site\" vue-app>\n  <div class=\"container\">\n    <div class=\"app-gutter\">\n      <div class=\"relative md:flex md:justify-end\">\n        <div class=\"app-gutter\">\n                                  <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"md:absolute md:-top-32 md:left-0 w-full md:w-5\/12 lg:w-6\/12 h-240 sm:h-320 md:h-full object-cover rounded-t-5 md:rounded-8\" src=\"\/media\/dentistry\/images\/off-site-dental-clinics-photo.jpg\" srcset=\"\" sizes=\"(min-width: 768px) 50vw, 100vw\" alt=\"Dental students working on patient in dental care clinic\">\n                  <\/div>\n        <div class=\"md:w-8\/12 xl:w-7\/12 app-gutter\">\n          <div class=\"p-32 sm:p-40 md:px-0 md:py-80 rounded-b-5 md:rounded-8 bg-red\">\n            <div class=\"md:ml-1\/8 lg:ml-1\/4 xl:ml-1\/7 md:px-40 lg:px-80\">\n                              \t\t\t\t\n<div class=\"text-lockup text-lockup--red\">\n\t<h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"t-h2-serif  block text-yellow\">Off-Site<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"t-h2-sans  block text-white\">Dental Clinics<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wysiwyg-content t-p2 mt-24 text-white\">Off-Site dental clinics serve to extend the learning environment beyond the walls of the College and present students with the need that exists in underserved communities. Furthermore, the goals of these rotations are to provide advanced clinical training, strengthen self-assessment and professional judgment, provide a transitional experience to future clinical care settings, recognize and appreciate the need to contribute to the improvement of oral health beyond those served in traditional practice settings, and to increase access to care for underserved populations.<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n                          <\/div>\n          <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<section class=\"relative my-48 md:my-72\">\n  <div class=\"container\">\n    <div class=\"lg:flex px-12 lg:justify-center\">\n      \n      \n                  \n                  \n      <div class=\"w-full px-24 wysiwyg-content xl:w-10\/12 2xl:w-9\/12\">\n        <ul>\n<li>WesternU Off-Site Dental Clinics: For more information or to make an appointment for 0-20 years of age and pregnant mothers at Village SBOHC or Jeff Seymour Family Center SBOHC, please call: <a href=\"tel:909-469-8500\">909-469-8500<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>Village SBOHC: 1460 E. Holt Ave. Room 14 Pomona, CA 91766<\/li>\n<li>Jeff Seymour Family Center SBOHC: 10900 Mulhall St. Room 15 El Monte, CA 91731<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sgvfdh.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">San Gabriel Valley Foundation for Dental Health<\/a>: 14101 Nelson Ave., La Puente, CA 91746, Room 73.<\/li>\n<li>Boys Republic Chino Hills, Dental Clinic: restricted to Boys Republic Chino Hills residents<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":80,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-1068","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stagewp.westernu.edu\/dentistry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1068","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stagewp.westernu.edu\/dentistry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stagewp.westernu.edu\/dentistry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stagewp.westernu.edu\/dentistry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/80"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stagewp.westernu.edu\/dentistry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1068"}],"version-history":[{"count":20,"href":"https:\/\/stagewp.westernu.edu\/dentistry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1068\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2755,"href":"https:\/\/stagewp.westernu.edu\/dentistry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1068\/revisions\/2755"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stagewp.westernu.edu\/dentistry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1068"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}