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Community‐Based Dental Education: History, Current Status, and Future
Author(s) -
Formicola Allan J.,
Bailit Howard L.
Publication year - 2012
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.0022-0337.2012.76.1.tb05238.x
Subject(s) - dental education , government (linguistics) , medical education , early adopter , medicine , public relations , political science , business , marketing , philosophy , linguistics
This article examines the history, current status, and future direction of community‐based dental education (CBDE). The key issues addressed include the reasons that dentistry developed a different clinical education model than the other health professions; how government programs, private medical foundations, and early adopter schools influenced the development of CBDE; the societal and financial factors that are leading more schools to increase the time that senior dental students spend in community programs; the impact of CBDE on school finances and faculty and student perceptions; and the reasons that CBDE is likely to become a core part of the clinical education of all dental graduates.