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An experience in dental education in Sweden
Author(s) -
Bawden JW
Publication year - 1976
Publication title -
journal of dental education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.53
H-Index - 68
eISSN - 1930-7837
pISSN - 0022-0337
DOI - 10.1002/j.0022-0337.1976.40.11.tb01038.x
Subject(s) - hierarchy , curriculum , independence (probability theory) , dental education , productivity , medical education , higher education , quality (philosophy) , power (physics) , sociology , psychology , pedagogy , political science , medicine , economic growth , philosophy , statistics , physics , mathematics , epistemology , quantum mechanics , law , economics
On the basis of a one‐year experience as a visiting professor at the University of Lund School of Dentistry in Malmmo, Sweden, the author discusses dental education in the Swedish system and compares it to its American counterpart. The power and independence of the department chairmen and the absolute dependence on research productivity as the criterion for advancement in the academic hierarchy are pervading influences in Swedish dental education. It is difficult to undertake curriculum study and revision in Sweden and to achieve coordination in the educational program. Research efforts in the Swedish schools are of high quality and are remarkably prolific.