PURPOSE To assess U.S. dental hygiene educators' evidence-based practice (EBP) knowledge, attitude, access and confidence and determine whether a correlation exists between assessment scores and level of education, length teaching and teaching setting (didactic, clinical or both). METHODS A cross-sectional survey was conducted with a sample of dental hygiene faculty from all 334 U.S. dental h...

342 a Professor, e Research Assistant, Department of Conservative Dentistry, Faculty of Dentistry, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey. b Associate Professor, Department of Conservative Dentistry, Faculty of Dentistry, Başkent University, Ankara, Turkey. c Dental Student, College of Dental Medicine, Columbia University, NY, USA. d Assistant Professor, Department of Orthodontics, Faculty of Den...

Contemporary dental simulation systems were developed to improve dental students' transition from the preclinical laboratory to the clinic. The purpose of this study was to compare the efficacy of a virtual reality computer-assisted simulation system (VR) with a contemporary non-computer-assisted simulation system (CS). The objectives were to determine whether there were differences between the...

This study investigates whether female and male full-time dental faculty members in U.S. dental schools differ in their workplace experiences and perceptions. A questionnaire was mailed to the 2,203 U.S. members of the American Dental Education Association (ADEA) in May 2001, and 870 faculty members responded (response rate: 40 percent). The data of the 738 full-time employed faculty members (f...

MIRJANA POPOVSKA1, VERA RADOJKOVA-NIKOLOVSKA1, ANA MINOVSKA2*, DORIANA AGOP FORNA3, ILIJANA MURATOVSKA1, NORINA CONSUELA FORNA4 1 St. Cyril and Methodius University, Faculty of Dentistry, Department of Oral Pathology and Periodontology, 17 Vodnjanska St. 1000 Skopje, Republic of Macedonia 2 University “Gotse Delchev” of Shtip, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Department of Studies of Dental Medicin...

This study was designed to explore development of skill acquisition in dental education, utilizing the Dreyfus and Dreyfus continuum. By identifying what skill progression may be recognized in the expert dental educator and what experiences appear to influence this growth, the knowledge gained may inform more efficient, effective faculty support, development and life-long learning. Employing a ...

Dental education in Singapore has come a long way since the founding of the Dental School in 1929. With an initial intake of 7 students, the Faculty has over the years produced more than 1700 graduates. Its early years were fraught with physical constraints and recruitment problems. With a dedicated core of leaders and good planning, the dental school has overcome many of these shortcomings. Th...

1Department of Chemistry, Osaka Dental University, Osaka, Japan 2Department of Pharmacology, Matsumoto Dental University, Nagano, Japan 3Department of Innovation in Dental Education, Osaka Dental University, Osaka, Japan 4Department of Oral Anatomy, Osaka Dental University, Osaka, Japan 5VMC Co., Ltd., Tokyo, Japan 6Department of Prosthodontics, Faculty of Dentistry, Showa University, Tokyo, Ja...

AIM This paper reviews the demographic, academic and professional profile of Irish dental school faculty members. Faculty duties are explored. METHODS AND MATERIALS Custom-designed questionnaires were distributed to faculty members for self-completion, adopting a 'mixed-method' approach with quantitative and qualitative components. Response rate was 64.60%. RESULTS Demographic profile revea...

In 2004, the American Dental Education Association (ADEA) proposed several major strategies to improve the recruitment, retention, and development of underrepresented minorities (URMs) in the dental profession. One of the strategies was the establishment of the ADEA Minority Dental Faculty Development (ADEA MDFD) Program. This report presents key early lessons from the ADEA MDFD program. It als...