Document Detail


Dental education: evolving student trends.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  22262550     Owner:  NLM     Status:  In-Data-Review    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
As the health care professionals of tomorrow, the students of today are the future of our profession and will shape both dentistry and dental education. To provide historical perspective on today's students, this article summarizes trends in the demographics of allied, predoctoral, and advanced dental students in the United States over the past seventy-five years and reviews efforts made to promote the racial/ethnic diversity of these groups of students. These efforts include legislative initiatives and public and privately funded programs. An outlook for the future considers ways in which new technologies and social networks as well as coordinated interprofessional efforts might further promote the goal of educating students who reflect the diversity of the United States and position the oral health workforce to meet the country's needs.
Authors:
Marilyn W Woolfolk; Shelia S Price
Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Journal of dental education     Volume:  76     ISSN:  1930-7837     ISO Abbreviation:  J Dent Educ     Publication Date:  2012 Jan 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2012-01-20     Completed Date:  -     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  8000150     Medline TA:  J Dent Educ     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  51-64     Citation Subset:  D; IM    
Affiliation:
School of Dentistry, University of Michigan, 1011 North University Ave., Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1078;. winder@umich.edu.
Export Citation:
APA/MLA Format     Download EndNote     Download BibTex
MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:

From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine


Previous Document:  Connecting dental education to other health professions.
Next Document:  Dental school faculty and the academic environment from 1936 to 2011: familiar features in a new con...