A perspective of dental education in the twenty-first century

Allen, DL; Finnegan, W N

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“…16,17 This view is reinforced with evidence that, throughout the next century, dentistry and dental education are bound to change much more than they have changed over the past century. 2 Throughout the four stages of the consensusbuilding Delphi technique approach used in this study, participants identified various up-to-date scientific research trends within periodontics. However, in spite of that, items associated with some recent technological advances were not included in the final set of "indispensable" items.…”

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Using Delphi Technique in a Consensual Curriculum for Periodontics

Fried

Leão

2007

Journal of Dental Education

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Periodontics has experienced several important conceptual changes in the last few decades. As such, it is important to have a periodontics curriculum built upon the expertise of specialists in that discipline and reflecting those changes. The main goal of this study was to attain a consensus, through the use of the Delphi technique, on the topics that should be included in a periodontics curriculum for undergraduate dental students. A sample of periodontics lecturers from nine dental schools in two Brazilian cities was used, and a Delphi technique approach was followed to investigate sample member perceptions on the subject. Participants received four postal mail questionnaires asking them to rate and rerate eighty-nine topics for possible inclusion in the curriculum. A descriptive analysis was conducted, and topic frequencies were calculated. Topics rated as highly important for inclusion were the following: health, ailment, prevention, etiology, epidemiology, diagnosis, and treatment. The Delphi technique approach proved successful in involving periodontics lecturers in the design of a periodontics curriculum for undergraduate dental students.

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“…We are living in an ever-escalating period of change. 1,2 More than thirty years ago, Toffler 1 stated that the ability to deal with change would be society's most essential task.…”

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Using Delphi Technique in a Consensual Curriculum for Periodontics

Fried

Leão

2007

Journal of Dental Education

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“…Recognition that technical skills alone are insufficient to ensure provision of inclusive and non-discriminatory dental care has supported calls for reform of educational curricula (Madhan et al, 2012), historically grounded in a view of disease as a function of individual (in)action (Allen and Finnegan, 1989). Whilst dentistry degrees increasingly incorporate courses designed to support development of the communication skills and thinking necessary to best "person centred" practice, there is scant evidence to inform interventions to enhance understanding of mental illness and reduce stigma amongst oral health care providers.…”

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Dentistry students’ views about mental illness and impact of a targeted seminar on knowledge and attitudes: a mixed-method study

Patterson

Ford

2014

The Journal of Mental Health Training, Education and Practice

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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to inform education of non-mental health professionals who provide care to people with severe mental illness; to describe dentistry students’ knowledge and views about mental illness, including willingness to engage in various social situations with a person hospitalised for mental illness; and to assess and understand the impact of a targeted lecture on views and attitudes. Design/methodology/approach – The paper employed mixed methods to examine dental students’ knowledge and views about mental disorder before and after a seminar covering mental disorder, disadvantage and oral health. Findings from a bespoke questionnaire administered to third-year dental students were triangulated with qualitative data gathered in interviews with a subsample. Findings – Students understood mental disorder broadly, employing diverse causal models. Although knowledge was typically grounded in media stereotypes, attitudes were benevolent and most students reported willingness to provide dental care to affected individuals. The seminar, especially the consumer delivered section, was valued and associated with increased appreciation of the impact of mental disorder on oral health and need for assertive action to promote access to care. However, students reported being reluctant to disclose their own mental health problems for fear of being considered a professional or personal failure. A minority knew how to seek support if a friend talked of suicide. Research limitations/implications – This study highlights the need for further investigation of the knowledge and attitudes of dentistry students pertinent to provision of care to people with mental illness and to examine the links between attitudes and practice. The paper also provides a useful foundation for development of brief educational interventions, particularly the value in integrating the service user perspective, and their evaluation. Research should also examine the impact of mental health education on practice. Practical implications – A single inexpensive educational session, such as the one the paper developed may support reconsideration of often unconscious views of mental illness which might affect practice. Social implications – If people with mental illness are to receive equitable access to health care, non-mental health professionals should be supported to develop knowledge and attitudes which are conducive to inclusive treatment. An education session such as this could be helpful. Originality/value – There is scant literature examining attitudes of dentistry students and no reports of mental health-specific education with this population.

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A population-based planning approach to professional dental education

Williams

Butters

1991

Journal of Continuing Education in the Health Professions

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Dentistry is confronting rapid changes in its environment. Technological advancements, innovations in the traditional delivery system, and epidemiological and demographic changes are all factors that have a direct and very powerful effect on today's practicing dentist.I While virtually all components of the health care system are faced with similar changes, it has been proposed that, within dentistry, the challenges are perhaps the most dramatic.2If the profession is to be responsive to the factors that influence it, the educational systems that prepare its members for the practice of dentistry must reflect these societal and clinical changes. These systems include not only undergraduate and graduate dental education, but continuing educa- 29

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A perspective of dental education in the twenty-first century

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Using Delphi Technique in a Consensual Curriculum for Periodontics

Using Delphi Technique in a Consensual Curriculum for Periodontics

Dentistry students’ views about mental illness and impact of a targeted seminar on knowledge and attitudes: a mixed-method study

A population-based planning approach to professional dental education

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