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The Interrelationship of Accreditation and Dental Education: History and Current Environment
Author(s) -
Formicola Allan J.,
Bailit Howard L.,
Beazoglou Tryfon J.,
Tedesco Lisa A.
Publication year - 2008
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.0022-0337.2008.72.2_suppl.tb04480.x
Subject(s) - accreditation , columbia university , library science , vice president , the arts , center (category theory) , dental education , sociology , medicine , political science , management , medical education , media studies , law , chemistry , computer science , crystallography , economics
The dental school accreditation system plays a critical role in maintaining the quality of dental education and, in turn, the vitality of the dental profession as a learned, self-regulating profession. One of the purposes of accreditation is to ensure that contemporary developments in science,