PRAC 532 Practice Management I
(Applied Business Practices) is a four session half-credit seminar designed to enhance practice management and behavioral science learning. The course will include two parts and will introduce business and behavioral concepts providing dental students with an appreciation of skills and knowledge needed to become productive and successful dental care practitioners including the skills necessary to establish, purchase, associate with and manage a dental practice. The practice management component of this course will include a discussion of the following topics: capital cost, leasehold improvements, operating expenses, working capital, risk, space requirements, marketing and location preference will all be considered. The behavioral component of this course will include topics that will help prepare practitioners to be culturally competent and aware of communication issues between and among patients, staff and colleagues.
Offered
Spring.