Given the predicted shortages of dental faculty in the United States, it is important to retain faculty members. Mentoring could play a crucial role in this context. The objectives of this case study were to explore how a six-year mentoring program in the Department of Periodontics and Oral Medicine at the University of Michigan School of Dentistry changed faculty members' perceptions of suppor...

1 Doctor of Dental Surgery. Master of Orthodontics. University of Valencia, Spain 2 DDS. Master in Oral Surgery and Implantology. University of Valencia, Spain 3 Full Professor of Physiology. Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry. University of Valencia 4 Full Professor of Orthodontics. Director of Master in Orthodontics. Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry. University of Valencia 5 Doctor of Dental ...

ALEXANDRU OGODESCU1, ATTILA ALEXANDRU MORVAY2, EMILIA OGODESCU1*, LAURA CRISTINA RUSU1, CLAUDIA SALA2, IRINA ZETU3, LAVINIA ARDELEAN1, CRISTINA BRATU1 1 „Victor Babeo” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Faculty of Dental Medicine, 9 1989 Revolutiei Blv., 300070, Timisoara, Romania 2 Banat University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine, Interdisciplinary Research Platform, 119 Cal...

QUESTION How can library staff develop and promote a document delivery service and then expand the service to a wide audience? SETTING The setting is the library at the Indiana University School of Dentistry (IUSD), Indianapolis. METHOD A faculty survey and a citation analysis were conducted to determine potential use of the service. Volume of interlibrary loan transactions and staff and eq...

1. Molecular Medicine Research Center, Hormozgan University of Medical Sciences, Bandar Abbas, Iran 2. Dental Research Center, Faculty of Dentistry, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran 3. Orthodontic Department, Dental Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran 4. Molecular Immunology Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran 5. Nature of Gene Mutat...

Resistance to change is expected, especially when change involves and impacts many stakeholders. During the past year, the Curriculum Committee at the University of Pittsburgh School of Dental Medicine has been preparing the dental school for a major curricular revision of its predoctoral program. This article describes how a faculty retreat was designed to gain support for and involvement in t...

OBJECTIVES To study the prevalence of medically compromised conditions in patients seeking dental treatment at the Faculty of Dentistry, Chulalongkorn University. STUDY DESIGN The files of 58,317 patients seeking dental treatments at the Faculty of Dentistry, Chulalongkorn University from 2002-2004 were retrieved and reviewed for medically compromised conditions. RESULTS From a total of 58,...

This article describes the creation of an objective structured teaching examination (OSTE) to assess a dental faculty development program. An OSTE is a performance-based measure that utilizes standardized students and is designed to measure observable teaching skills. In spring 2010, the authors developed, implemented, and evaluated an OSTE to assess a New York University College of Dentistry (...

The changing role of dental hygienists deserves dental and dental hygiene educators' attention. The first aim of this survey study was to assess University of Michigan dental, dental hygiene, and graduate students' and faculty members' perceptions of dental hygienists' roles; their attitudes and behaviors related to clinical interactions between dental and dental hygiene students; and perceived...

Various factors will influence a dental graduate's decision to undertake postgraduate education and training, including encouragement from family, partners and staff at individual dental schools, although there is currently little information available regarding the number and distribution (by dental school) of recent dental graduates undertaking postgraduate studies. The aim of this study was ...