The involvement of United States dental schools in international dental education

Students’ Clinical Learning in an Emerging Dental School: An Investigation in International Collaboration Between Michigan and Ghana

“…The current shortage of dental faculty members in general only aggravates the problem. To assist in the initial phases of establishing educational programs, new schools draw on experienced faculty members from existing institutions 2 . While the faculty workforce shortage is well documented in dental education, 3 , 4 the problem is compounded in developing countries.…”

“…This pilot project investigated if compact course delivery through faculty exchange can have an impact on a developing educational environment 2 . This article describes the first collaborative educational research project: its aim was to explore if dental students who have just started their clinical dental education can, through compact course delivery, learn the knowledge and skills required for identifying and restoring cavitated caries lesions using a simple technique 9 …”