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Teaching the principles of epidemiology to dental students
Author(s) -
Fettersson Elof
Publication year - 1974
Publication title -
community dentistry and oral epidemiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.061
H-Index - 101
eISSN - 1600-0528
pISSN - 0301-5661
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0528.1974.tb01668.x
Subject(s) - epidemiology , medicine , subject (documents) , medical education , dental education , mathematics education , dentistry , family medicine , psychology , library science , pathology , computer science
The report presents findings from a survey, conducted in early 1969, of the teaching of the principles of epidemiology at 20 schools of dentistry in the United States. The report includes information about the expectations dental students had of instruction in the subject. Students from six schools also supplied evaluative information about instruction received. Dental students anticipating instruction in epidemiology and dental students who received instruction in epidemiology considered the subject to be relevant to their education. However, six of 13 classes which received instruction in epidemiology rated the instruction as somewhat boring and ineffective. The report concludes with a few suggestions about possible ways to remedy the observed weaknesses in the teaching of epidemiology to dental students.