Project Team

Organizational Chart

Work Group Members and Responsibilities

Executive Committee

• Dr. Teresa Dolan, Chair
• Dr. Boyd Robinson
• Dr. Robert Bates
• Jean Sweitzer
• Neale Chumbler/Mischka Garel
• Godfrey Ovwigho
• Jeff Loomis

Responsibilities

• Milestone review
• Allocation of resources
• Adherence to grant objectives
• Reporting requirements
• Oversee IS infrastructure requirements

Distance Learning/Oral Pathology Clinical Consultations Workgroup

• Dr. Boyd Robinson, Workgroup Chair
• Oral Pathologists:
  • Dr. Don Cohen
  • Dr. Indranneel Bhattacharyya
• Community-based clinic directors:
  • Dr. Roberta Diehl, Hialeah
  • Dr. Tom Porter, St. Petersburg
  • Dr. Roger Wray, Apopka
• Dental Continuing Education
  • Dr. Sam Low
  • Lynn King
• IT Support/Web design
  • Godfrey Ovwigho
  • Dan McCoy
  • Linda Kubitz
• Telemedicine Consultant: Jeff Loomis
• Project evaluators: Neale Chumbler, Mischka Garel

Responsibilities

• Expand and evaluate video-conferencing (VC) capabilities between the UF Gainesville campus (Rms. D3-3, D8-11) and facilities located in St. Petersburg, Hialeah and Apopka.
  • Responsible persons: Godfrey Ovwigho, Linda Kubitz, IS staff
  • Phases:
    • Pre-implementation: Conduct IT infrastructure needs analysis, assess stability of existing system
    • Plan technology upgrades
    • Implementation: Implement technology infrastructure improvements (Ovwigho)
    • Train staff on equipment use, develop training manuals (Kubitz)
    • Post-implementation: Evaluate technology functionality (Chumbler/Garel)
• Develop and evaluate web-based educational materials for dental students, dental residents, faculty and practitioners.
  • Responsible persons: Faculty supported by instructional designers, web designers, and continuing education staff
  • Phases:
    • Pre-implementation: Conduct needs analysis (Chumbler/Garel)
    • Planning: Develop the “Case of the Month” on website
    • Post-implementation: Evaluate curriculum from faculty and learners’ perspectives (Chumbler/Garel)
• Develop and evaluate the protocol for conducting live clinical patient consultations
  • Responsible persons: Pathology faculty, Jeff Loomis, web developer
  • Phases:
    • Pre-implementation: Conduct needs analysis (Chumbler/Garel)
    • Planning, pilot testing (pathology, oral medicine faculty, Jeff Loomis, web developer)
    • Evaluation (Chumbler/Garel)

Digital Radiography

• Jeff Loomis, Workgroup Chair
• Radiologists:
  • Dr. James Pettigrew
  • Dr. Robert Bates
  • Dr. Madhu Nair
• Community-based clinic directors:
  • Dr. Roberta Diehl
  • Dr. Tom Porter
  • Dr. Cliff Starr
• IT support:
  • Godfrey Ovwigho
  • Steve Kostewicz
• Project evaluators:
  • Neale Chumbler
  • Mischka Garel

Responsibilities

• Phases:
  • Pre-implementation:
    • Survey the literature on digital radiography in dentistry and dental education;
    • Obtain radiography equipment bids and recommend vendors
    • Assess IT infrastructure needs
  • Implementation:
    • Informatics – enhance server room and storage capacity
    • Install hardware and software
    • Add clients to computer images
    • Select pilot test site and test equipment
    • Use, debug and evaluate
    • Expand pilot and eventually and install at all clinical sites
  • Evaluation:
    • Assess performance issues, and satisfaction among users