Need for paradigm shift in Indian dental education: A case for change toward competency-based education

TOWARD A DEFINITION COMPETENCY FRAMEWORK FOR COMPETENCY-BASED EDUCATION IN NURSING: CRITICAL REVIEW OF EVIDENCE

Background & Aims: In recent years the issues surrounding competency-based education (CBE) increased attention and debate among health professionals and the international conferences and pilot projects proposed by a growing number of many of the issues of education magazines Medical critically examined. Because it had not been provided in nursing competency-based framework, providing a comprehe...

ICT-Enabled Education – Need for Paradigm Shift

Contemporary schools have not changed significantly since the 19th century. From primary level (elementary schools) to tertiary level of education (colleges and universities), the predominant approach to teaching is ex-cathedra teaching with assessment system based on grades. What has changed over the years are teaching and learning tools, but the methods have remained the same. In this context...

Coronavirus and medical education: Getting change and turning to new education paradigm: the need for scaffolding learning in online training

Coronavirus pandemic has caused extensive changes in various fields. Education is one challenging and necessary dimension to be paid attention by policymakers and considered as a necessity. Due to changes in the methods and styles of providing medical education from face-to-face to virtual training, and due to its novelty in our country and several challenges ahead, it is necessary to take meas...

The case for change in dental education.

The 1926 Gies Report on Dental Education was the first of many calls for major reform in dental education over the past 80 years. Significant changes in the way dentists were educated were implemented after the Gies Report, including the closure of proprietary dental schools and general acceptance of a three-to-four-year course of study leading to the dental degree with a sound foundation in ba...

Giftedness and gifted education: the need for a paradigm change