What We Do
University Programs
In 2004, the New York University College of Dentistry contracted Levin Group to develop practice management curriculum for pre- and post-doctoral students. The program, which was renewed in the fall of 2005, served as Levin Group’s first Educational Alliance initiative for dental students, and evolved as the foundation for Levin Group’s University Programs Division.
As a result of the overwhelmingly successful practice management curriculum program, Levin Group was invited to join the Bluestone Center for Clinical Research at NYUCD to establish a Practice-Based Research Network (PBRN) over a seven-year period, beginning in the summer of 2005. The ultimate objective of the $26.7 million grant awarded to NYUCD by the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), was to improve patient care and clinical care outcomes by addressing research questions that are immediately relevant to dentists and their patients. Levin Group’s role in the program, designed to increase data accuracy and reliability and ultimately optimize validity of research findings, has been to establish effective operational systems, scripting, and management systems to secure optimal compliance with research protocols and requirements.
The University Programs Division expanded in 2005 when Levin Group was contracted by the Loma Linda University School of Dentistry in the spring and the University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine in the fall to provide curriculum programs in Dental Practice Management for Undergraduate and Post-Graduate studies in specialty areas, a Faculty Lecture Series, a Cultural Competency module, and editorial contribution to university publications.
By 2007, Levin Group projects that it will boast as many as ten clients in its University Programs Division.
“We have been extremely impressed by the work that Levin Group has done with the NYU College of Dentistry and are very excited about bringing business practice management programs to our already exceptional curriculum.”
- Dr. Charles Goodacre
Dean, Loma LindaUniversity
School of Dentistry