Welcome to the Advanced Education in General Dentistry Residency Program at the University of New Mexico School of Medicine. Thank you for your interest in this postdoctoral program. This is a relatively new program that graduated its first group of residents in June of 2005.
Application guidelines:
*PASS--Applicants are asked to read the information on the program and complete the special PASS form available at www.adea.org/pass. This service is available to all individuals applying to postdoctoral dental education programs participating in the application service. PASS simplifies the application process by providing on standardized format, relieving applicants of the need to complete multiple applications. Dental programs benefit by receiving uniform information on all applicants.
**MATCH--The Postdoctoral Dental Matching Program (the "Match") provides an orderly process to help applicants obtain positions in first year postdoctoral programs of their choice, and to help programs obtain applicants of their choice. For many years hospitals throughout North America have used a similar matching program in the annual recruitment of medical residents. Similar matching programs are also in use in other professions, including dentistry.
With the Match, applicants must still apply directly to programs they are interested in, and applicants and programs interview and evaluate each other independently of the Match. However, no offers are made by programs during the interview period. Applicants and programs can evaluate each other fully before the programs must decide on their preferences for applicants, and before applicants must decide on their preferences for programs. After all interviews are completed, each applicant submits a Rank Order List on which the applicant lists the desired programs, in numerical order of the applicant's preference (first choice, second choice, etc.). Similarly, each program submits a Rank Order List on which the program lists the desirable applicants, in order of the program's preference. Each program also indicates the number of positions the program has available. The Matching Program then places individuals into positions based on these stated preferences; all offers, acceptances, rejections and final placements occur simultaneously.
Division of Dental Services considers all applicants for admission to its AEGD program without regard for race, color, creed, handicap, national origin, gender, or age.
