| Seq #131 | Friday, 10 March 2006 | |||||||
| 1:30 PM-3:30 PM Swan Hotel 5, Symposium | ||||||||
| [ADEA] The Millennials Go to Dental School: Implications for Admissions through Residency | ||||||||
Sponsored by: ADEA | ||||||||
| Description: Each generation enters dental school with different life experiences and expectations. The Millennial generation refers to the student cohort born after 1981 who will graduate from high school in the new millennium. The Millennial generation is the largest in our nation’s history and is of vital interest to both ADEA and AADR members as they infiltrate our dental schools at every level over the next 30 years, representing the future of dental education and research. A solid understanding of their motivations will better equip ADEA and AADR to attract the Millennials into dental education and research. This symposium will provide insight into how the traits of this generation will translate into the Millennials’ expectations of and behaviors throughout their dental education. The objectives are to define the hallmark features of the Millennial generation, describe the Millennials’ expectations of, and needs for, dental education, provide insight into how dental educators may address these expectations, and stimulate discussion on how institutions can prepare for and respond to these students’ needs. Each speaker will provide perspective on the Millennials from a different stage in dental education. Dr. Brueckner will provide an introduction in which audience interaction will be solicited in characterizing how dental students have changed in the recent past. Dr. Wells will discuss this generation’s strengths and challenges from a dental admissions standpoint and describe what dental educators can expect from these students. Dr. Jessee will relate Millennial students’ personality types to their learning and teaching preferences. Dr. Assael will outline the unique attributes that Millennials bring to residency training | ||||||||
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