Dental Education at the Crossroads
eBook - PDF

Dental Education at the Crossroads

Challenges and Change

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  1. 366 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Dental Education at the Crossroads

Challenges and Change

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About this book

Six dental schools have closed in the last decade and others are in jeopardy. Facing this uncertainty about the status of dental education and the continued tension between educators and practitioners, leaders in the profession have recognized the need for purpose and direction.This comprehensive volume--the first to cover the education, research, and patient care missions of dental schools--offers specific recommendations on oral health assessment, access to dental care, dental school curricula, financing for education, research priorities, examinations and licensing, workforce planning, and other key areas.Well organized and accessible, the bookRecaps the evolution of dental practice and education.Reviews key indicators of oral health status, outlines oral health goals, and discusses implications for education.Addresses major curriculum concerns.Examines health services that dental schools provide to patients and communities.Looks at faculty and student involvement in research.Explores the relationship of dental education to the university, the dental profession, and society at large.Accreditation, the dental workforce, and other critical policy issues are highlighted as well.Of greatest interest to deans, faculty, administrators, and students at dental schools, as well as to academic health centers and universities, this book also will be informative for health policymakers, dental professionals, and dental researchers.

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Information

Publisher
National Academies Press
Year
1995
eBook ISBN
9780309587730
Edition
0
Topic
Medicine

Table of contents

  1. Dental Education at the Crossroads
  2. Copyright
  3. Preface
  4. Acknowledgments
  5. Contents
  6. Dental Education at the Crossroads
  7. Summary
  8. 1 Background and Introduction
  9. 2 Evolution of Dental Education
  10. 3 Oral Health Objectives and Dental Education
  11. 4 The Mission of Education
  12. 5 The Mission of Research
  13. 6 The Mission of Patient Care
  14. 7 Dental Schools and the University
  15. 8 Dental Schools, the Profession, and the Public
  16. 9 A Dental Work Force for the Future
  17. 10 Summary and Conclusions
  18. References
  19. Appendix A Committee on the Future of Dental Education Liaison Panels
  20. Appendix B Institute of Medicine Committee on the Future of Dental Education Public Hearing September 26-27, 1993
  21. Appendix C Commissioned Papers and Authors
  22. Appendix D Committee Biographies
  23. Index