The aim of this study was to explore dental and dental hygiene students' and faculty members' perceptions of student evaluations of teaching (SET) and determine whether dental vs. dental hygiene student, beginning vs. advanced student, and faculty vs. student responses differed. Perceived benefits, challenges, and suggestions for conducting SETs optimally were also assessed. Survey data were co...

The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UTHSCSA) Dental School recruits a student body from a wide number of undergraduate institutions, primarily in Texas. One method supporting this effort is the Dental Early Acceptance Program (DEAP). This program is unique in that it grants conditional acceptance to dental school during a student's first year of undergraduate education...

This study is a follow-up of one made in 1998-99 on first-year dental students in Monastir. Now in their fifth year, we assessed the effect of dental studies on students' oral health practices and dental health. Of the 155 students in the first study, 140 were still enrolled. Periodontal troubles, malocclusion and dental decay affected 84.3%, 80.0% and 43.0% of the students respectively. Compar...

Formal lectures have been a traditional part of medical and dental education, but there is debate as to their compulsory status. This study was designed to explore dental and medical students' views on compulsory lectures and the use of Video-Recorded Lectures (VRL). A cross-sectional study of University of Bristol students in Years 2 to 4 was conducted using an online questionnaire. The majori...

Purpose/Objectives: Female and under-represented racial and ethnic minority (URM) dental faculty are disproportionate to the gender, racial, and ethnic composition of the nation, despite trainees’ and patients’ preference for concordant faculty and providers. Although dental students represent a pipeline of potential faculty, little is known about their interest in academia. The purpose of this...

Admission to dental school in Flanders 2 Abstract Dental education in Europe faces enormous challenges. One deals with the admission to dental school. Although admission procedures vary considerably across Europe, a characteristic of some systems is that the same procedure is used across students who will ultimately pursue different majors (medical or dental). This is based on the assumptions t...

OBJECTIVES Knowledge of nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) is a competency that is expected from receiving training in the treatment for tobacco dependence. This study therefore assessed the knowledge of dental students in 43 countries about NRT. METHODS The 2005-2011 dental Global Health Professions Student Survey data were analysed for 13,040 third-year dental students from 43 countries. Kn...

I am writing to call to the attention of my fellow undergraduate dental and allied dental students an amazing opportunity for publishing student work, opinions, and ideas. The Journal of Dental Education (JDE) has a section specifically devoted to publishing articles by students, and I want to help students get their work published in this section. In June 2003 the JDE added this section, " Fro...

Dental schools continue to have difficulty recruiting and retaining faculty. One approach to augment student learning would be to train and utilize senior dental students as instructors in preclinical courses. This study was undertaken to evaluate the effect of using senior dental students as instructors on the performance of second-year students in two preclinical prosthodontic courses. In the...

Students and faculty members in the health professions classroom are expected to exhibit professional behaviors that are conducive to maintaining a positive learning environment, but there is little published research concerning incivility in the area of dental education. The aim of this study was to evaluate differences in perceptions of incivility between dental faculty and students, between ...