OBJECTIVES Esthetic dentistry is among the most dynamic areas of contemporary clinical dentistry. Teaching programs in dental schools have a strong effect on the practice of dentistry, not only for recent graduates, but also for established clinicians, especially with respect to new techniques and concepts. The purpose of the study reported here was to assess the frequency and extent of the tea...

dear editor regarding to development of basic science and new methods in biochemistry in recent years, practical biochemistry contents should be optimized (1). therefore, re-attitude biochemistry course contents in medical schools has paralleled worldwide trends a moved from current status is needed (2, 3). as reported by investi­gators many medical schools around the world have reformed their ...

THE Northern Ireland Council for Post-Graduate Medical Education sponsored a management course on this subject for general medical and general dental practitioners in the Ballygally Castle Hotel from 29th October to 3rd November, 1972. The course was arranged through the Northern Ireland Staffs Council for Health & Welfare Services and directed by two senior consultants of the Industrial Traini...

A compulsory postgraduate clinical training program was established in April 2006 in Japan, and an applicants-only postgraduate training program 9 years ago at Tokyo Dental College. In addition, a training program was also established in the Department of General Dentistry at Tokyo Dental College Chiba Hospital in April 2002. The curriculum consists of training in the outpatient clinic and the ...

This paper describes a theoretical framework and feature taxonomy for MOOCs, with the goal of developing a shared language for researchers and designers. The theoretical framework characterizes MOOC design goals in terms of stances towards knowledge, the learner, and assessment practices, taking as a starting point the affordances of the Web and digital learning environments. The taxonomy encom...

objective: predoctoral dental implant education is included in dental school teaching curricula in most of the developed and some developing countries; however, it was not introduced into undergraduate curriculum of some countries and iranian dental schools. our purpose was to investigate the status of the predoctoral dental implant education of dental schools in the world. materials and method...

T he following scenarios were developed as part of an eight-week, fourth-year predoctoral course at Harvard School of Dental Medicine (HSDM) named “Advanced Dentistry RotationCore,” taught by Dr. Franson Tom. As the course title implies, students actively participated in weekly seminars on advanced dentistry topics. The seminars required prior preparation of student OSCEs (Objective Structured ...