BST 675 covers the fundamentals of probability and inference through simulation. Topics are focused on methodology used in health data science and include, but are not limited to, random variables, independence, discrete and continuous distributions, confidence intervals, hypothesis testing, and efficient estimators.

BST 681, the first in a two-semester sequence in regression modeling, covers linear regression models for normally distributed outcomes. The course will cover simple and multiple linear regression, estimation, interpretation, hypothesis testing, model building and diagnostics, matrix algebra for regression, and an introduction to design of experiments. The course will include the use of computing tools to apply these models to real data.

This course aims to orient the student to the place health and health professions play in modern cultures. Recognition of their own social assumptions and values and those of persons of different backgrounds is encouraged. Understanding, predicting, and changing dental patient behavior from a social standpoint is emphasized.

Fundamentals of Dental Public Health is a first-year course designed to introduce student dentists to the dental specialty of Dental Public Health, to dental epidemiological concepts, terminology, and methods used in population-based health care. Community oral health problems in Kentucky and the United States will be reviewed. Emphasis will be placed on public health research, programming, and outcome evaluation strategies related to oral disease in populations.

This course aims to improve the student's ability to communicate with patients and the public in an empathetic and professional manner. Methods of obtaining necessary health information from all types of patients are taught.

This advanced course in the treatment of dental fear is intended to prepare the student to manage very fearful dental patients. Topics covered include etiologies, diagnosis and types, relaxation and distraction, and case histories. Note: Scheduling for the course will take place outside of regularly scheduled clinic/class time.

This lecture/seminar course is designed to provide students with an overview of the basic principles of study design and protocol development, with a focus on clinical and translational research. It also is designed to expose students to the interplay between patient care and clinical/translational research and to provide the students with tools that will assist them in dissemination of their research findings.

This course is an introduction to the clinical application of dentistry with a focus of attention to dental ergonomics, basic dental assisting procedures, preventive dentistry, infection control, application of sealants, fluoride varnish and oral isolation techniques. It is designed to prepare students to function in dental environments, safely and efficiently and to prepare them for the school-based sealant experience.

This course is an introduction to life in the profession of dentistry. The course will explore normal everyday morality, and consider whether a case can be made for an extraordinary morality or ethic for practitioners. The course will conclude with a brief review of the history of dentistry to enable the student to place the profession of dentistry in cultural and historical perspective.

The action and dosage of local anesthetic agents used in dentistry are taught as are the proper injection techniques. The technique of venipuncture and administration of intravenous drugs are also included in preparation for CDS 831 course. Patient evaluation and emergency techniques for cardiac and respiratory resuscitation are reviewed.