Change Is Here: ADEA CCI 2.0-A Learning Community for the Advancement of Dental Education.

What the ADEA CCI series of articles means to me: reflections of a dental school dean.

In this reflection article, Dr. Huw F. Thomas, a U.S. dental school dean, identifies important messages and insights he gained from a series of twenty-one articles about the future of dental education published in the Journal of Dental Education from October 2005 to February 2009. This article addresses three questions: 1) What influence have these articles had on a dental school dean's perspec...

ADEA CCI vision focuses on preparing graduates for discoveries of the future.

The vision of the American Dental Education Association's Commission on Change and Innovation in Dental Education (ADEA CCI) is embodied in its new slogan: building consensus and leading change to prepare graduates for an undiscovered future. The ADEA CCI envisions a future in which dental practice is vastly different from what it is today and dental education must be very different for graduat...

The dental education environment.

The second in a series of perspectives from the ADEA Commission on Change and Innovation in Dental Education (CCI), this article presents the CCI's view of the dental education environment necessary for effective change. The article states that the CCI's purpose is related to leading and building consensus in the dental community to foster a continuous process of innovative change in the educat...

Renewing Our Commitment to the Future of Dental Education: ADEA CCI 2.0.

Dental student assessment toolbox.

The authors are members of the Task Force on Student Outcomes Assessment of the American Dental Education Association’s Commission on Change and Innovation in Dental Education (ADEA CCI). Dr. Kramer is Director, Department of Testing Services, American Dental Association; Dr. Albino is a Senior Consultant, Academy for Academic Leadership, as well as President Emerita, University of Colorado and...