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Melanie Taverna

Dental School
Periodontics
210-567-3585
taverna@uthscsa.edu

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Education

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Appointments

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8/2016 - Present Asst. Director of STOHN (South Texas Oral Health Network) UT Health Science Center
8/2015 - Present Adviser to NDPBRN UT Health Science Center, Dental Hygiene
2/2015 - Present Director of Online Dental Hygiene Graduate Programs UT Health Science Center at San Antonio., San Antonio, TX
9/2012 - Present Assistant Professor/Clinical UT Health Science Center San Antonio, Periodontics, San Antonio, TX
3/2012 - Present Graduate Faculty UT Health Science Center, Periodontics

Expertise

Publications

Teaching

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Date Description Institution # Students
1/2017 - Present DENH 5091 Special Topics: Survey Methodology 10 students
Course Director - This course prepares the graduate student to develop, launch, analyze, and report survey data for a Master Thesis.
1/2016 - Present DENH 6091 Independent Study 3 students
Course Director - Independent reading, research, discussion, project, and/or writing under the direction of a faculty member. This course may be repeated for credit.
1/2016 - Present DENH 5022 Research Apprenticeship 6 students
Course Director - This course allows a graduate to review the literature and to design a research project under the direction of a faculty adviser that leads toward thesis research. Students are expected to design a research proposal that prepares them to collect and analyze data for their future thesis project. This course requires approval of the program director and may only be taken the semester prior to thesis. Hours arranged on an individual basis.
7/2015 - Present GPG Leader for Dental Hygiene UTHealth San Antonio-COHR 8 students
Group Leader and liaison, for Dental Hygiene, to Dental School GPG. This involves Jr. and Sr. Dental Hygiene students in clinic
1/2015 - Present Rotation Student Supervision UT Health Science Center at San Antonio Texas
7/2014 - Present DENH 4023 Introduction to Professional Writing 20 students
Course Director - Introduction to professional writing for the online bachelor completion student. This is a one hour completely online course. This course will require the student to demonstrate proficient professional writing skills using Purdue OWL online writing lab and the APA manual on formatting.
7/2014 - Present Rotation Student Supervision UT Health Science Center at San Antonio Texas
7/2014 - Present Research Principles & Applicatio The University of Texas Health Science Center 10 students
Course Director - DENH 5026 This is a completely online course. This course provides the Master student a background on educational research. The student learns to analyze published studies and develops annotated bibliographies. This course is paired with DENH 5924 Biostatistics for better assimilation of information.
1/2014 - Present DENH 5024 Professional Communication 10 students
Course Director - This is a fully online core curriculum in the graduate program. This course is interdisciplinary and includes Translational Science Ph.D students
9/2013 - Present DENH 3018 Dental Radiography 30 students
Assist in lab/lecture in introducing and building skills in aquiring radiographs and grading of said radiographs
7/2013 - Present DENH 5028 Public Health Policy 6 students
Course Director - This is an online course that studies public health policy as it impact the dental hygienist, educator, and researcher. The course was moved from Special Topics DENH5091 to DENH 5028
1/2013 - Present DENH 3035 Pharmacotherapeutics/Medical Emergencies 30 students
Course Director - Rebuild course for new text book.

This course integrates elements of dental hygiene care as they relate to the treatment planning for understanding pharmacological agents used in dentistry, and management of medical emergencies in the dental office to include: concepts and practice related to the prevention, recognition, and management of medical emergencies that occur in the dental office with specific emphasis on systemic disease processes; understanding drug groups, their mechanism of action, dosage, indication of use, adverse effects, drug interactions, oral side effects in the treatment of human disease process, and its application in the dental hygiene clinical setting.
8/2012 - Present DENH 4022 Clinic II 30 students
Supervise dental hygiene students in clinic
8/2011 - Present DENH 3006 Preclinical Dental Hygiene 30 students
Pre clinic lab and clinic. Team teaching psychomotor skills in dental hygiene, infection control, time management, professionalism, assessment and calculus removal skills. Also facilitate learning in oral cancer screening and oral evaluation of structures. Oversee station exercises and phase examinations
8/2011 - Present DENH 4015 Clinic III 32 students
Oversee all aspects of clinical dental hygiene treatment performed by Senior Dental Hygiene students.
8/2011 - Present DENH 3021 Clinic I 30 students
Oversee junior dental hygiene students as they matriculate from Preclinic to Clinic I. Facilitate continued learning in psychomotor skills of dental hygiene instrumentation, assessment, patient interaction and selection, dental hygiene treatment and protocol for infection control.

Grants

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