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Type: | Journal article |
Title: | ‘Schools without walls?’ Developments and challenges in dental outreach teaching – report of a recent symposium |
Author: | Eaton, K. de Vries, J. Widström, E. Gait, T. Bedi, R. Meyers, I. Feldman, C. Hobson, R. |
Citation: | European Journal of Dental Education, 2006; 10(4):186-191 |
Publisher: | Blackwell Munksgaard |
Issue Date: | 2006 |
ISSN: | 1396-5883 1600-0579 |
Statement of Responsibility: | K. A. Eaton, J. de Vries, E. Widström, T. C. Gait, R. Bedi, I. Meyers, C. A. Feldman and R. Hobson |
Abstract: | During the 2004 annual meeting of the International Association for Dental Research, the Education Research Group held a symposium on dental outreach teaching. After a brief introduction, which reviews relevant aspects of the relatively sparse literature, this paper summarises the proceedings, the themes and conclusions that emerged and the research issues that were identified. It aims to describe aspects of current practice around the world and to promote future discussion. Presenters gave details of outreach programmes for dental undergraduates in Australia, Finland, Malaysia (and Southeast Asia), the United Kingdom and the United States. From these presentations four themes emerged. They were: reasons for the introduction of outreach teaching, its perceived beneficial effects, organisational issues, educational issues. The reasons included a recognition of the need to educate dental undergraduates as members of ‘care teams’ in the environments and communities where they were ultimately like to work and the current shortage of both suitable patients and teachers (faculty) in many dental schools. A wide range of potential benefits and some disadvantages were identified. The organisational issues were, in the main, seen to relate to finance and administration. The educational issues included the need to train and monitor the performance of teachers at outreach clinics and to assess the performance of the undergraduates whilst at the outreach locations. It was concluded that new technology made it easier to teach at a distance and it was possible to create a dental ‘school without walls’. It was recognised that few evaluations of dental outreach teaching have been carried out and that there were many research questions to be answered, including: whether it should be a voluntary or compulsory part of the undergraduate curriculum, how long it should last and what type of outcomes should be assessed. |
Keywords: | outreach teaching dental education |
Rights: | © Blackwell Munksgaard 2006 |
DOI: | 10.1111/j.1600-0579.2006.00411.x |
Published version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0579.2006.00411.x |
Appears in Collections: | Aurora harvest Dentistry publications |
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