Orientation Plan
Pre-Test
Overview of ADEA
How students fit in
Student leadership
What happens at this meeting
Post-Test
Orientation Pre-Test
ADEA HOD
Plenary
CGL
Delegate
ADEA Council of Sections
PGY-1
CoSRF
Resolution
???WHAT IS ADEA???
 ADEA is the nation’s leading national organization for
dental education
 Members include all U.S. and Canadian dental schools
and advanced training programs, as well as
corporations
 ADEA is committed to maintaining the integrity of
dental education through
 faculty development and recruitment
 building partnerships to ensure education funding
 establishing national networks among educators and
students
 promoting oral health
ADEA STRUCTURE
Board of Directors
Council of Allied Dental
Program Directors
Council of Hospitals and Advanced
Education Programs
Corporate Council
Council of Sections
Council of Deans
Council of Students, Residents,
and Fellows
Council of Faculties
Council of Students, Residents and Fellows
COS Administrative Board
Vice-President
Chair
COS Ad Board
Regional Repr esentatives
Student Representatives
Vice-Chair
Secretary
Member-at-Large
 COS is a link between students and
educators on a national level
 COS has 27 seats in the House of
Delegates, the policymaking body of
ADEA
 Each dental school is required to
send at least one representative to
the ADEA annual session and the
fall COS interim meeting
ADEA House of Delagates
 The Association’s governing and legislative
body.
It convenes twice at the ADEA Annual Session.
The ADEA HOD consists of the ADEA Board of
Directors and all or some members of the
seven ADEA Councils.
Votes on Resolutions to conduct bussiness
and change policy
Who is a CoSRF delagate?
 Administrative Board - 5 delegates.
 Vice President, Chair, Vice Chair, Secretary, and Member- at-Large.
 Regional Representatives - 12 delegates.
 Two delegates for each region
 • Non-D.D.S./D.M.D. Student Representatives – 10
delegates.
 Two delegates each: Hospital Based, Non-Hospital Based, Dental Hygiene,
Dental Assisting, and Dental Laboratory Technology.
MISSION OF THE COSRF
The mission of the ADEA COSRF is to serve as
the national voice and advocate for all students in
the dental education community by addressing
the issues that shape the present and future of
dental education
COSRF Objectives
 Each ADEA Council sets objectives for its constituency. Those
of the ADEA COSRF are:
 To provide effective input into both dental and allied dental
education and the Association’s activities.
 To stimulate students, residents, and fellows to assume roles in
dental and allied dental education and research.
 To encourage implementation of ADEA policies in ADEA Member
Institutions.
 To recommend student consultants, through the ADEA Board of
Directors, to other groups and organizations.
 To work in partnership with other student dental organizations to
promote the involvement of students, residents, and fellows in the
advancement of dental education.
CoSRF Leadership
Administrative Board
Regional Representitives
Center Group Leaders (CGL)
Journal of Dental Education (JDE) Student
Editor
Annual Session Program Committee Student
Rep
Student Reps on various other Task Forces
LOCAL STUDENT GROUPS
ADEA bylaws do not include any provisions for
local chapters
Student Representatives are encouraged to
support ADEA and COSRF initiatives at their
schools by organizing efforts appropriate at
their institution
Some schools have large organizations and
others have only a representative
We have developed a template for a constitution
for a school organization
STUDENT INITIATIVES
 PGY-1
 Work with deans in finding
ways to attract new faculty
 Inform students of futures in
academic dentistry
 Promote student research
 Student lobby day
 Student debt
 Student publications in ADEA
journals
 Diversity in dentistry
 Curriculum issues
 Meeting the dental needs of
underserved populations
 Voice student concerns
nationally
 AADSAS and PASS
 Bring ADEA to schools
STUDENT BENEFITS
 Students learn how education is organized and how to
make changes favoring students
 Student research poster sessions at annual meeting
 Student scholarships and awards for service and
research
 Networking with educators and students nationally
 Opportunities to serve
The ADEA Annual Session

CoSRF business meetings

The meeting as a whole

Meeting people
COSRF Business Meetings
Administrative board communicate to you what we have
been doing
You communicate what you think is important
Targeted speakers that we think would be good to hear
address the CoSRF
You get some ideas of how you can make some things
better at your school
We elect new representatives

The Meeting as a Whole
Plenary sessions - where interesting speakers
address all meeting attendees
Smaller sessions
Symposiums
Members Forum
Idea Sessions
Exibit Hall
Poster Sessions

Meeting People
Students from other schools
Faculty
Deans
Program directors

It is interesting to hear how things work at different
schools and in different parts of the country.
Questions?
Now do they look familiar?
ADEA HOD
Plenary
CGL
Delegate
ADEA Council of Sections
PGY-1
CoSRF
Resolution