GUIDELINES ON PRECEPTORSHIP PROGRAMS OFFERED AND OPERATED BY DENTISTS

WHEREAS, Sec. 4, (g) ( Definition and Scope of Practice ),
Rule I of Board of Dentistry Res. No. 13, series of 2007, the “Rules and
Regulations of the Philippine Dental Act of 2007”, provides, to wit;

“Preceptorship Program” refers to “training program in any of the
six specialties in dentistry and integration of knowledge and skills in a
particular discipline which should be university-based or hospital
based run by specialist/s who have undergone extensive training or
obtained a degree in an accredited dental university”;

WHEREAS, there is a proliferation of preceptorship programs offered
and run by dentists and so-called Post Graduate Training Centers for
Dentists in six specialties in dentistry: endodontics, pedodontics,
periodontics, prosthodontics, oral surgery, and orthodontics, or
individual dental specialist for dentistry who wants a specialty
training;

WHEREAS, the instructors/teachers therein are incompetent in view of
their inadequate formal academic training(s) and/or mere completion of
informal training(s) locally or internationally;

WHEREAS, despite their incompetency, they hold out themselves to the
public that they are “experts” or “specialists” who are capable of
transferring supposedly valuable and newly acquired knowledge and skills
on certain fields of specialization in Dentistry;

WHEREAS, this practice is not only inimical to the dental profession
but, in particular, may pose danger to the public, in general, who may
be misled into believing that dentists who enrolled in the
preceptorship programs offered and operated by dentists and the
so-called Post-graduate Training Center, have acquired specialized
skills in certain fields of dentistry, where in fact there are no bases
for competence such as examinations;

WHEREAS, their attitude, deportment, and approach will constitute
unprofessional, unethical, immoral, and dishonorable conduct, calling
for “disciplinary action against the said registered and licensed
dentists by the Board of Dentistry and/or for criminal action against
them under the “Revised Penal Code”, or any derivative law or
regulation;

WHEREAS, propriety dictates that to nurture and safeguard the
interest of the post-graduate trainees, in particular, and the public,
in general, these center’s operation has to be regulated through
issuance and promulgation of policies and measures; and

WHEREAS, the Board is empowered to “(d) Adopt or recommend such
measures or discharge such duties, as may be deemed proper for the
advancement of the profession and the vigorous enforcement of this Act
(Sec. 6 (d), Art. II of R.A. No. 9484);

NOW, THEREFORE, the Board RESOLVES, as it is hereby RESOLVED, to
regulate, supervise, and monitor the establishment and administration of
this kind of Post-graduate Training Center offering and operating
Preceptorship Program for registered and licensed dentists by
prescribing and issuing the following Guidelines:

1) A Preceptorship Program in a Post-graduate Training Center
shall be hospital-based or school-based where the dentistry course is
offered:

2) The proposed instructor(s) shall possess the following credentials:

2.1 A holder of a minimum of two (2) years academic and clinical
training on the concerned specialty in a recognized
school/college/university in the Philippines or abroad,

2.2 A holder of a valid certificate of registration and a valid Professional Identification Card, and

2.3 Must be a bonafide member of the Philippine Dental
Association, Inc. (PDA), and/or the accredited national organization of
dentists, dental hygienists, and dental technologists;

3) A Post-graduate Training Center shall possess a valid and
updated certificate of registration, permit, or license to operate as
approved by the Commission on Higher Education (CHED), or DOH in case of
oral surgery specialty;

4) A Post-graduate Training Center and the Preceptorship Program
thereof shall be accredited by the Board of Dentistry subject to the
approval of the Professional Regulation Commission; and

5) Faculty members shall be included in the Roster of
Faculty/Consultant of a duly accredited dental
schools/colleges/universities/tertiary hospitals;

RESOLVED, FURTHER, that this Resolution shall be made part of Board
Resolution No. 12, Series of 2007, known as the Rules and Regulations of
the “Philippine Dental Act of 2007”;

RESOLVED, FURTHERMORE, that the Board of Dentistry, after due process
pursuant to Sec. 22, Art III of R.A. No. 9484, may revoke or suspend
the validity of the Certificate of Registration and Professional
Identification Card of a dentist for unprofessional, immoral,
dishonorable, and unethical conduct for fraudulently representing
himself/herself as an expert or specialist conducting, teaching, and/or offering a Preceptorship Program in a Post-graduate Training Center
which is neither authorized nor accredited by the Board of Dentistry
subject to the approval by the Professional Regulation Commission.

This Resolution shall take effect after fifteen (15) days following
its full and complete publication in the Official Gazette, or any
newspaper of general circulation in the Philippines.

Let a copy hereof be circulated in the schools/colleges/universities
of dentistry through the Philippine Association of Dental Colleges, Inc.
(PADC) and the Philippine Dental Association (PDA), Inc., the
Department of Health (DOH) and/or the accredited national organization
of dentists, dental hygienists, and dental technologists and hospitals
for the guidance and information of all concerned.

Adopted: 25 Sept. 2008

(SGD.) ROSITA S. CANLAS-NISCE, DDM Chairman
(SGD.) NORMA REYES-AYAP, DDM Member	(SGD.) DANIEL G. FERARO, DDM Member
ATTESTED TO:
(SGD.) CARLOS G. ALMELOR Secretary, Professional Regulatory Boards
APPROVED:
(SGD.) NICOLAS P. LAPEÑA, JR. Chairperson
(SGD.) RUTH RAÑA-PADILLA Commissioner	(SGD.) NILO L. ROSAS Commissioner