A framework analysis: male diversity in dental assisting

Dental Assistant, The, Sept-Oct, 2002 by Salim S. Rayman

Clearly, the mangers of the DAP need to be more aggressive in outreach and recruitment of males in order to achieve gender diversity in the program. However, this organization will have a very hard time achieving true diversity, not only because of the market and realities of the dental assisting field, but also because of the limitations they face. The administrators are handicapped by monetary restraints. They need students, regardless of gender, so achieving diversity becomes an issue placed on the "back burner" for mangers of the Dental Assistant Program.

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Salim S. Rayman, RDH, BS, is an instructor of theoretical and clinical dental materials and office management for the Office of Allied Health Programs at New York University College of Dentistry and is a current candidate for a Master in Public Administration degree at New York University's Robert Wagner School of Public Service.