Tackling Stress Management, Addiction, and Suicide Prevention in a Predoctoral Dental Curriculum

This article, published in Predoctoral Dental Education describes a module designed by the University Of British Columbia Faculty Of Dentistry to address stress management and suicide prevention in dental education. The course includes standardized patients, guest lectures, in-class activities, video presentations, and self-reflections. The purpose of the module is to increase discussion of stress in dentistry curriculum and awareness in dental students. Follow up studies with students who have taken the module are needed to determine its impact on health behaviors.