Academia

“I am passionate about educating and mentoring dental students to provide quality, ethical, and compassionate evidence-based dentistry.”

 
William Jacobson DMD MPH giving a lecture on dentistry

Teaching Experience

University of Maryland, School of Dentistry (2024)

  • Clinical Assistant Professor

  • Assistant General Practice Director

Northeast Ohio Medical University (NEOMED), College of Dentistry (2023)

  • Curriculum Consultant: Wrote competency exam rubrics for all preclinical and clinical courses

California Northstate University, School of Dental Medicine (2019 – 2022)

  • Assistant Professor: Small group facilitator/Sim Lab faculty

  • Curriculum Consultant

University of California San Francisco (UCSF), School of Dentistry (2019 - 2022)

  • Assistant Clinical Professor/Assistant Group Practice Leader overseeing 8 D3/D4 students in the predoctoral clinic

  • Calibrated grader for skills assessments/competencies

  • Assistant faculty for the Nitrous Oxide Sedation/Local Anesthesia course for international D3 students

  • Obtained a UCSF Clinical Teaching Certificate (2021)

Sponsoring Dentist for a RDAEF student

Lectures Given

Intersecting Identities in Dentistry: Treating the Patient, Not the Tooth

  • Why is this topic important, real-life scenario and showing allyship with religious beliefs, LGBTQIA+, African American/Black, Substance Use/Patient in Recovery, Non-English speakers/ASL/Latinx, Ability Status, People Living with HIV, Homelessness/Low SES

10 Common Mistakes in the Predoctoral Clinic

  • Clinical preparation, dental materials, infection control/HIPAA, health history, clinical exams, radiographic exams, ergonomics, documentation, miscellaneous, and self-directed learning.

Dental Assisting 101

  • Ergonomics, suctioning, light curing, instrument passing, professionalism, what dental assistants like, what dentists like, clinical pearls, and expectations.

Soft Tissue Laser and handout

My Career Path and How it Relates to You

  • Post-graduation requirements, GPR vs AEGD, Job Search advice, Pros/Cons of Locum Tenen dentistry, Pros/Cons of FQHC dentistry, self-directed learning, academia, private practice, prison, corporate, other career paths, student loan forgiveness, helpful resources.

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