Comparison of past and current dental school curricula for dental students of National Taiwan University

The implication of instructional design for deciduous tooth identification in a dental morphology course for undergraduate dental students

“…Therefore, the learning activity of instructional design for deciduous tooth identification in the dental morphology course is exactly for this educational purpose, especially when pediatric dentistry courses are rare in current undergraduate dental program. 6 Moreover, those students who had participated in the oral hygiene service team had a more positive attitude towards this instructional design, indicating that the self-directed learning works well. The oral hygiene service team is a spontaneous activity and its service targets are mainly children.…”

“…Since the proportion of pediatric dentistry courses in undergraduate dental education is very low, and children's oral problems are indeed faced by all dentists. 6 It is important to add learning units of pediatric dentistry-related knowledge in different undergraduate dental professional courses or to propose strategies to promote students' awareness of independent learning about pediatric dentistry. This study may serve as a model for other undergraduate dental courses in Taiwan.…”

“…However, it is a pity that pure pediatric dentistry courses are surprisingly lacking in our six-year undergraduate dental education. 6 …”

Overview of dental radiation technologists in Taiwan

“…In addition, there are also few dental radiology courses for dental undergraduate students in Taiwan's dental schools. 20 Therefore, in Taiwan, a licensed medical radiation technologist engages in dental radiology with minimal on-the-job training, while a licensed dentist performs dental radiology with few related dental radiology courses. Furthermore, in Taiwan, dentists mainly practice in the dental clinics, while medical radiation technologists mainly practice in the hospitals.…”

Distribution of the Taiwanese dentists graduating from foreign dental schools in the 22 foreign countries surveyed until January 2023

“…Fortunately, in 2017, Taiwan had a constitutional interpretation by the grand justices stating that the clinical practice training (or clinical internship course) in foreign dental schools cannot replace the internship course of sixth year-grade in domestic dental schools due to the language, medical culture, and disease types that are different from those in Taiwan. 6 Therefore, it can be a final quantity control mechanism that graduates of foreign dental schools still need to complete a one-year internship course in a teaching hospital in Taiwan before they can take the second phase of NDLE. Furthermore, as a country with a democratic legal system, studying abroad is a basic right of people guaranteed by the Constitution of Taiwan.…”