| Seq #112 | Friday, 10 March 2006 | |||||||
| 10:00 AM-11:30 AM Swan Hotel 3, Symposium | ||||||||
| [ADEA] Student's Perspectives Project | ||||||||
Sponsored by: ADEA | ||||||||
| Description: Since the Institute of Medicine (IOM) report in 1995, there has been extensive commentary about the future structure and goals of dental education. Although the structure and goals of dental school have been discussed, there has been minimal effort to determine the opinions and recommendations from the other side of the table – the students who consume the education. Dental students’ qualitative perspective about their educational experience is an essential component of a broad-based curriculum assessment. The goal of the Student Perspectives Project (SPP) was to contribute a representative student perspective about the future of dental education in North America. The SPP project had three objectives; 1. Determine student perceptions of the learning environment, intellectual climate, and teacher student relationships by administering the Dental School Learning Environment Survey (DSLES) to 619 freshman and juniors at 18 North American dental schools. 2. Determine student perceptions of clinical teaching quality by administering the Clinical Education Instructional Quality Questionnaire (ClinEd IQ) to 655 juniors, seniors and graduate students at 21 dental schools. 3. Determine student perceptions of the overall quality of dental education by administering the Curriculum Strength, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats (C-SWOT) to 628 sophomores, seniors and graduate students at 20 dental schools. This symposia will present results from the SPP project and perspectives about findings from dental educators with experience in clinical education (Robert Trombly; Colorado), basic science education (Ken Etzel; Pittsburgh) and curriculum planning (Sandra Andrieu; LSU). The sample of 1902 SPP responses represents one of the largest qualitative assessment of dental education from the students’ perspective. This symposia will present results from the Student Perspective Project (SPP) as well as perceptions about the findings from dental educators with experience in clinical education, basic science education and curriculum planning | ||||||||
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