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Using a Delphi Technique in a needs assessment for an innovative approach to advanced general dentistry education
Author(s) -
Smith TA,
Lyon HE,
Hardison D,
Bogia B
Publication year - 1995
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.0022-0337.1995.59.3.tb02930.x
Subject(s) - curriculum , delphi method , certificate , medical education , inclusion (mineral) , delphi , needs assessment , test (biology) , medicine , psychology , pedagogy , sociology , computer science , social psychology , social science , paleontology , algorithm , artificial intelligence , biology , operating system
The University of Kentucky College of Dentistry has been awarded a $500,000 grant to develop and test a university‐based educational program leading to a graduate certificate in Advanced General Dentistry, by the use of “extended campus” and distance learning methods. As an aid in developing this curriculum, dentists in general practice in non‐urban Kentucky were asked about their educational needs. A Delphi Technique approach to this assessment was adopted. Forty dentists in general practice in non‐urban areas in eastern and southern Kentucky were sent four mailings in which they rated or re‐rated 65 topics for inclusion in the curriculum. A total of 59 topics were voted to be essential or desirable for the curriculum, 40 of them by a 2/3 majority. The Delphi Technique was workable for involving students in curriculum design. The curriculum produced by this method has also proven to be attractive to the dentists and their colleagues.