General Practice Residency Program

The University of Pittsburgh School of Dental Medicine General Practice Residency (GPR) program offers residents the opportunity to participate in one of two advanced education experiences: the GPR in Oakland takes place on Pitt's urban Oakland campus and UPMC campus, while the GPR at Regional Training Centers (RTC) provides education and clinical practice that takes place in one of several rural communities in Pennsylvania. Residents completing either GPR Program are held to the same exacting expectations and will earn a Certificate of Training.

University of Pittsburgh Regional Training Center GPR Program

The General Practice Residency (GPR) Program, in partnership with regional hospital centers, offers a one-year program that provides residents with postdoctoral clinical and didactic experiences. Guided by the philosophy that oral health is an integral and interactive aspect of total health, residents will engage in approximately nine months of comprehensive dental care. The remaining three months of this one-year-long program are spent on hospital and private practice rotations in anesthesia, emergency medicine, internal medicine, and oral and maxillofacial surgery.  The program enrolls three (3) residents at each of three locations (a combined total of nine (9) residents) each year. Residents completing the GPR earn a Certificate of Training.

University of Pittsburgh Oakland GPR Program

The General Practice Residency (GPR) Program, co-sponsored by the University of Pittsburgh School of Dental Medicine and the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC), offers a one-year program that provides residents with postdoctoral clinical and didactic experiences. Based at Pitt Dental Medicine and on the UPMC Presbyterian/Shadyside Campuses, the program enrolls a combined total of three (3) residents each year. Residents completing the GPR earn a Certificate of Training.