Dental Assistant Training Program

Great Lakes Bay Health Centers

Health Centers

Healthcare Industry

Organizations Involved

Occupations Impacted

Dental Assistants

Workforce Development Focus

Increasing number of healthcare workers

Workforce Issue Addressed

Training individuals to work in a healthcare profession; Providing a benefit or incentive that encourages individuals to pursue a healthcare profession

Description

Great Lakes Bay Health Centers offers a dental assistant training program in its health center locations. The training program lasts for 90 days. Students in the program are paid during training and are employed with Great Lakes Bay Health Centers once they complete the program. The goal of the dental assistant training program is to increase the number of dental assistants at their health center locations and retain the dental assistants.