Published:European Journal of Dental Education
(2023)
Introduction: Competency frameworks have been used to accurately guide the training and assessment of professionals. Dental Public Health professionals require a variety of skills beyond clinical aspects to meet ongoing social, economic, epidemiologic, technological, etc. developments. The purpose o…
Published:European Journal of Dental Education
(2023)
Introduction: Whilst admission to dental school in many jurisdictions requires applicants to shadow dentists or undertake work experience at a dental practice, little is known about the impacts on professional learning when dental students work part-time as dental assistants whilst concurrently stud…
Published:European Journal of Dental Education
(2022)
Introduction: Changes in society, new public demands for dental care and contemporary educational insights have influenced dental education worldwide and demand a renewed perspective. Following this perspective, an innovative interprofessional dental Master curriculum was developed at Radboud Univer…
Published:European Journal of Dental Education
(2019)
Introduction: Increasing confidence through learning has the potential to change General Dental Practitioners’ (GDPs) perceptions of clinical practice. By examining how changes in confidence influence the clinical practice of two cohorts of GDPs, during and following an extended period of postgradua…
Published:European Journal of Dental Education
(2018)
Contemporary dental practice requires practitioners who are able to draw upon varying interconnected knowledge and skills, in order to make judgments and take action when faced with multiple, often contradictory, ways of interpreting a situation. However, the curricula that prepare students for dent…
Published:European Journal of Dental Education
(2017)
With “The Graduating European Dentist”, ADEE provides a new approach that reflects best academic practice for European undergraduate dental education. The new suite of documents sees increased emphasis on important curriculum components such as patient safety, working as a team and patient-centred c…
Published:European Journal of Dental Education
(2011)
This paper presents an updated statement on behalf of the Association for Dental Education in Europe (ADEE) in relation to proposals for undergraduate Curriculum Structure, Content, Learning, Assessment and Student / Staff Exchange for dental education in Europe. A task force was constituted to cons…
Published:European Journal of Dental Education
(2011)
Objectives: The present study assessed recent dental graduates' educational experiences with regard to competency development in different learning contexts and preparedness for independent professional performance. Methods: The present study employed a questionnaire examining University of Manitoba…
Published:European Journal of Dental Education
(2011)
Aim: The aim of this study was to describe the self-reported confidence levels of final year students at the School of Dentistry, Cardiff University and at the University Dental School & Hospital, Cork, Ireland in performing a variety of dental procedures commonly completed in primary dental care se…
Published:European Journal of Dental Education
(2011)
Background: The ability to place sutures is an essential skill in dentistry. In our institution, the introduction of a video teaching aid and a checklist-based assessment has improved the standardisation of teaching as well as the transparency and objectivity of the assessment of suture skills. The …
Published:European Journal of Dental Education
(2010)
Problem based learning (PBL) arguably represents the most significant development in education over the past five decades. It has been promoted as the curriculum of choice, and since its introduction in the 1960's, has been widely adopted by many medical and dental schools. PBL has been the subject …
Published:European Journal of Dental Education
(2009)
The use of dental implants has become a widely accepted and well-documented treatment option offering to both patients and dentists an alternative to traditional treatment modalities and at the same time opening a brand new area in dental postgraduate education. As such, it is necessary to define th…
Published:European Journal of Dental Education
(2008)
This article describes a curriculum in oral surgery for undergraduate dental education in the United Kingdom prepared by the Education Subgroup of The British Academic Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons. This group is made up of representatives from each of the 13 UK Dental Schools, one Irish Dental Sc…
Published:European Journal of Dental Education
(2007)
Aim: To assess and observe the development of competence in oral surgical skills during a 3-year undergraduate programme. Method: Over a 3-year period 75 students were followed through from the beginning of their clinical course to their Bachelor of Dental Surgery graduation and their surgical exper…
Published:European Journal of Dental Education
(2006)
In addition to dental hospital clinical activity, dental students at Paris Rene Descartes University have the opportunity in their final year of study to practise clinically in a dental office, as associates. This paper outlines a pilot, experimental study designed to assess student reaction to this…
Published:European Journal of Dental Education
(1998)
The theoretical foundations of competency-based education are described. Among these are definitions of learning in terms of the situations one can function in rather than the accumulation of knowledge or skills, and of professional growth as a succession of stages from novice to expert. Competence …
