Paradigm Shift in Dental Education due to COVID-19

Dental school clinics as patient care delivery centers: a paradigm shift in dental education.

Dr. Formicola is Professor of Dentistry and former Dean of the College of Dental Medicine at Columbia University, a position he held for twenty-three years. He is Vice-Dean of the Center for Community Health Partnerships, Columbia University. Dr. Formicola received his D.D.S. degree from Georgetown University and an M.S. degree in Periodontics. He taught at the schools of dentistry at Georgetow...

The paradigm shift to prevention and its relationship to dental education.

The past seventy-five years have witnessed an extraordinary growth of scientific knowledge related to oral health and the development of evidence-based dentistry. The centrality of prevention to the control of oral diseases and the maintenance of good oral health has become increasingly recognized by the scientific community, dental educators, dental practitioners, and the public at large. Yet,...

Echocardiography education in COVID-19 era

A Methodology for Paradigm Shift to Explain Sustainable University

The sustainable university concept is rooted in prevalent paradigms pertained to economic, social and environmental development, which all focus on systemic thought and rationality; besides, they tend to  discover and solve problems by applying an interdisciplinary approach. However, the epistemic component is what these paradigms have ignored. The purpose of this study is to explain a methodo...

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...