I was reading through a free copy of the Wall Street Journal that we got from the Marriot where we stayed this weekend. There was a large ad for RefreshEverything.Com. A forum for posting ideas that could help the country. People would apply, layout their idea, and then get votes. I will plan to put together an application along with video for the next version of the foreigntraineddentists.org community. I plan to tie a few of the ideas we came up with in the last year of posts together into an entry to the contest.

Hopefully, I can count on you all to critque the plan and also to vote on it. I'll get started tonight in putting together something. Stay tuned... I will post a link to the idea on March 1.

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Tell us about yourself

Anthony Garcia

I am a computer programmer / project manager who has been married to a foreign trained dentist (FTD) for 11 years. I have built complex information systems for corporations and government. I advocate for FTDs who can contribute to improve U.S. dental care online and where it is under served.

About the project

Main Goals

• Advocate for patient dental care through second opinions on treatment
• Provide a knowledge base of diagnoses, treatment plans, and outcomes
• Offer review experiences with dental tourism abroad
• Help foreign dental schools certify with the American Dental Assoc
• Help foreign dentists partner with U.S. dental grads to start clinics

The "Foreigntraineddentists.org" project provides powerful social tools that helps foreign trained dentists (FTDs) find practical ways to legally help improve dental care in the United States. Through this community, FTDs can advocate for patients. FTDs can build up their credentials as trustworthy dental knowledge experts. They can run the business ends of dental clinics with U.S. dental graduates as partners. U.S. dental grads would be hired to make informed dental treatment plans and perform procedures.

Deliverables:

Social network features for:

• Dental Treatment Plan Second Opinion.
• Dental Treatment Plan Case Review.
• Dental Treatment Abroad Review.
• Dental Clinic Incubator that pairs foreign trained dentists and U.S. dental grads.
• Foreign dental school American Dental Association certification assistance.

• Open source dental clinic software built on FTDs know-how to help lower the cost of dental operations while improving the communications experience between dentists and patients.

Fig 1: Map of FTDs registered since Jan 1, 2009

Where will it have the most impact?

The whole USA

Estimate how you will use your Pepsi Refresh grant

Amount - How will It Be Used

$30,0000 - Salary for 3 developers to spend 200+ hours each on project delivery

$5000 - Salary for Foreign Trained Dentist subject matter expert/moderator

$1000 - Salary for Project Manager

$5000 - 2 years of Amazon Web Services for hosting that can handle web traffic

$5000 - Social network marketing and advertising

$2000 - Legal advice and disclaimers for the site

$2000 - Misc expenses for meetings, community incentives

Budget notes (optional)

The budget will not cover the extra time above $1000 that I pledge to volunteer as part time project manager/4th programmer if my project is accepted.

Do you have other sources of funding available?

No.

Will your project require a staff and/or volunteers?

Yes.

#People - Responsibility

1 - Foreign Trained Dentists Subject Matter Expert to design,test,moderate

3 - Freelance web developers to spend 200+ hours each on project goals

1 - Project manager to coordinate project deliverables

Can you start your project at any time?

Yes, it's ready to go.

How long will your project take to complete?

6 - 12 months

Milestones

List the high-level activities or milestones that need to happen to complete your project.

Activity / Milestone - Start Date - Duration

Interview and identify 3 developers - 03/01/2010 - 2 Weeks

Design and analysis of the proposed deliverables. - 03/15/2010 - 2 Weeks

Establish test and production environment on Amazon web services - 03/01/2010 - 1 Week

Deliver Dental Treatment Plan Second Opinion social network feature. - 03/29/2010 - 2 Weeks

Deliver Dental Treatment Plan Case Review social network feature. - 04/12/2010 - 2 Weeks

Deliver Dental Treatment Abroad Review social network feature. - 04/26/2010 - 2 Weeks

Deliver Dental Clinic Incubator social network feature. - 05/10/2010 - 3 Weeks

Deliver Foreign dental school American Dental Association certification assistance social network feature. - 05/31/2010 - 2 Weeks

Deliver Open source dental clinic software. - 06/14/2010 - 3 Months

Develop legal disclaimer site content. - 04/12/2010 - 3 Days

Launch web advertising campaign for the site. - 07/05/2010 - 3 Months

Site testing and validation - 06/14/2010 - 2 Weeks

Fully operational site - 07/05/2010 - 1 Week

What challenges could possibly hinder your project's success?

Challenges

• An active web community of participating FTDs is needed for success
• Ensuring proper dentist credentials will be a self-policing process
• Testimonials from patients who had helpful advocacy is needed

Project links (optional)

http://www.foreigntraineddentists.org