The Academic Dental Careers Fellowship Program: A Pilot Program to Introduce Dental Students to Academia

Rogér, James M.

doi:10.1002/j.0022-0337.2008.72.4.tb04509.x

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“…From 2014 to 2017, THP students averaged 3.4 enrichment courses in addition to the six core courses. ADEA's Academic Dental Careers Fellowship is one of the THP enrichment options 9 . In the fellowship, students guide an educational development or research project from concept to culmination in collaboration with faculty mentors.…”

Section: Summary Of Arguments Pro and Con Academic Careers Training Fmentioning

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Case Report of a Program to Enhance Dental Students’ Interest in Academic Dentistry

Hendricson

Seitz

English

2019

Journal of Dental Education

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This case report describes a Teaching Honors Program (THP) at the UT Health San Antonio School of Dentistry and presents findings from an outcomes assessment covering the initial 11 years of the program. The program goals are to enhance dental students’ awareness of academic career options, promote student and faculty collaboration on educational development projects, and provide students with training in teacher toolkit skills to increase their readiness for peer teaching during dental school and faculty roles early in their careers. The THP curriculum consists of six core courses and nine electives extending across the four years of dental school. THP graduates receive the academic designation “Distinction in Dental Education” at commencement. Outcomes data are organized by Kirkpatrick's Hierarchy of Educational Outcomes: reaction (participants’ satisfaction with THP), indicators (students’ attitudes and intentions pertinent to teaching and academic careers), learning (changes in knowledge and skills relevant to teachers’ tasks), behavior (students’ ability to apply teaching skills in classrooms, labs, and clinics), and results (changes in the infrastructure and capacity of the school as a consequence of the THP). Positive outcomes were found in multiple layers of the assessment hierarchy. In 2016, 51% of students participated in the THP, and 31 graduated with Distinction in Dental Education; in 2017, 50% participated, and 44 graduated with that honor. THP students provide approximately 1,400 hours of supervised peer teaching annually in the predoctoral curriculum and pre‐matriculation programs, and 21% of the initial 106 THP graduates entered academic dentistry soon after graduation.

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Section: Summary Of Arguments Pro and Con Academic Careers Training Fmentioning

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Case Report of a Program to Enhance Dental Students’ Interest in Academic Dentistry

Hendricson

Seitz

English

2019

Journal of Dental Education

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“…A decade ago, ADEA's Academic Dental Careers Fellowship Program was launched as a pilot program with 11 students from ten institutions 9 . The participants were asked to complete five components: 1) teach in a preclinical, clinical, small‐group, or classroom setting, 2) design and implement a research project of their choice, 3) conduct interviews of faculty members at various career stages, 4) create an academic portfolio and reflection essay, and 5) present their experiences at the next ADEA Annual Session & Exhibition.…”

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Should Dental Schools Invest in Training Predoctoral Students for Academic Careers? Two Viewpoints

Fung

Fatahzadeh

Kirkwood

et al. 2018

Journal of Dental Education

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This Point/Counterpoint considers whether providing dental students with academic career training and teaching experiences during their predoctoral education would be valuable to recruit dental academicians. While training the next generation of dentists continues to be the primary focus for dental schools, the cultivation and recruitment of dental faculty members from the pool of dental students remain challenges. Viewpoint 1 supports the position that providing dental students with exposure to academic career opportunities has positive value in recruiting new dental faculty. The advantages of academic careers training as a required educational experience in dental schools and as a potential means to recruit dental students into the ranks of faculty are described in this viewpoint. In contrast, Viewpoint 2 contends that such career exposure has limited value and argues that, across the board, allocation of resources to support preparation for academic careers would have a poor cost-benefit return on investment. Adding a requirement for educational experiences for all students would overburden institutions, students, and faculty according to this viewpoint. The authors agree that research is needed to determine how and where to make predoctoral curricular changes that will have maximum impact on academic recruitment.

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“…Over the past 2 decades, many mentoring programmes have for example been developed in the United States in order to provide a teaching experience that allows a select group of students to graduate with Distinction in Dental Education . Since 2006, the Academic Dental Careers Fellowship Program (ADCFP) has introduced interested students to dental academia through training workshops, clinical teaching and research experiences . At the UCLA School of Dentistry, the American Dental Education Association initiated the “Hands‐on Experience for Future Dental Educators” course, which aim is to provide students with an apprentice‐type teaching experience under the guidance of faculty mentors .…”

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Self‐perceived educational needs of junior assistant professors in Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics in France

Kérourédan

Smirani

et al. 2018

Eur J Dental Education

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The Academic Dental Careers Fellowship Program: A Pilot Program to Introduce Dental Students to Academia

Abstract: The Academic Dental Careers Fellowship Program (ADCFP) was established in

Cited by 13 publications

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Case Report of a Program to Enhance Dental Students’ Interest in Academic Dentistry

Case Report of a Program to Enhance Dental Students’ Interest in Academic Dentistry

Should Dental Schools Invest in Training Predoctoral Students for Academic Careers? Two Viewpoints

Self‐perceived educational needs of junior assistant professors in Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics in France

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