Preface
Handbook Usage
The Student Handbook does not represent a contract between The University of Oklahoma College of Dentistry and the students who attend. The information contained in the COD Student Handbook is subject to change at the discretion of the COD Ad-Hoc Committee for Student Handbook as appropriate. In the event that any of the information outlined herein is found to be in conflict with University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center and/or University of Oklahoma policies and/or procedures, the latter will automatically take precedence.
(see Policies and Procedures Faculty Handbook)
Handbook Review and Maintenance
The Student Handbook is reviewed annually and revised as needed. Revisions to policies and procedures are noted at the end of each section.
Every effort is made to ensure the handbook is up-to-date. If changes occur, students will be notified by e-mail and will be expected to adhere to the most current version of the policy.
In addition to this Student Handbook, various departments, units, offices, or divisions within the COD may, with the approval of the Office of the Dean, periodically issue and/or change guidelines, rules, and/or manuals from time to time which pertain solely to the conduct of their individual areas. Students in these areas are subject to such guidelines, rules and/or manuals and are expected and required to understand and abide by them.
Specific departmental or divisional handbooks should be found on D2L for those specific courses.
Definitions of Acronyms Used
Unless otherwise provided, the definitions below apply to all of the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center College of Dentistry Handbook.
| Definition | Acronym |
|---|---|
| Advanced Education in General Dentistry | AEGD |
| Air Water Syringe | AW |
| American Dental Association | ADA |
| American Heart Association | AHA |
| American Red Cross | ARC |
| American Society for Testing Materials | ASTM |
| As Little Radiation as Reasonably Achievable | ALARA |
| Automatic External Defibrillator | AED |
| Blood Pressure | BP |
| Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation | CPR |
| Center for Disease Control and Prevention | CDC |
| Central Sterilization | CS |
| Clinical Instructor | CI |
| College of Dentistry | COD |
| Current Dental Terminology | CDT |
| Date of Birth | DOB |
| Dental Hygiene Student | DH |
| Dental Informatics | DI |
| Dental Student | DS |
| Director of Compliance | DOC |
| Electronic Health Record | EHR |
| Environmental Health and Safety Office | EHSO |
| Environmental Protection Agency | EPA |
| Food and Drug Administration | FDA |
| General Practice Residency | GPR |
| Group Practice Director | GPD |
| Health Information Portability and Accountability Act | HIPAA |
| Herpes Simplex Virus | HSV |
| High Volume Evacuation | HVE |
| Human Immunodeficiency Virus | HIV |
| Hypertension | HTN |
| Information Technology | IT |
| Inventory Associate | IA |
| Master Treatment Plan | MTP |
| Occupational Safety and Health Administration | OSHA |
| Oklahoma University Health Sciences Center | OUHSC |
| Organization for Safety Asepsis Procedures | OSAP |
| Other Potentially Infectious Materials | OPIM |
| Patient Care Manager | PCM |
| Patient Services Coordinator | PSC |
| Patient Services Representative | PSR |
| Permission to Proceed | PTP |
| Personal Protective Equipment | PPE |
| Predoc Consent to Treatment | PDPC |
| Professionalism Concerns Report | PCR |
| Quality Assurance | QA |
| Radiation Protection Representative | RPR |
| Relative Value Unit | RVU |
| Ryan White Grant | RW |
| Treatment Adjustment Request | TAR |
| Workforce member - Students, staff, faculty, residents, volunteers and trainees, and other persons who conduct university business | WM |