TY - JOUR
T1 - The future of pediatric dentistry education and curricula
T2 - A Chilean perspective
AU - Mariño, Rodrigo
AU - Ramos-Gómez, Francisco
AU - Manton, David John
AU - Onetto, Juan Eduardo
AU - Hugo, Fernando
AU - Feldens, Carlos Alberto
AU - Bedi, Raman
AU - Uribe, Sergio
AU - Zillmann, Gisela
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2016 The Author(s).
PY - 2016/7/18
Y1 - 2016/7/18
N2 - Background: A meeting was organised to consolidate a network of researchers and academics from Australia, Brazil, Chile, the UK and the USA, relating to Early Childhood Caries (ECC) and Dental Trauma (DT). As part of this meeting, a dedicated session was held on the future of paediatric dental education and curricula. Twenty-four paediatric dentistry (PD) academics, representing eight Chilean dental schools, and three international specialists (from Brazil and Latvia) participated in group discussions facilitated by five members of the ECC/DT International Collaborative Network. Data were collected from group discussions which followed themes developed as guides to identify key issues associated with paediatric dentistry education, training and research. Discussion: Participants discussed current PD dental curricula in Chile, experiences in educating new cohorts of oral health care providers, and the outcomes of existing efforts in education and research in PD. They also, identified challenges, opportunities and areas in need of further development. Summary: This paper provides an introspective analysis of the education and training of PD in Chile; describes the input provided by participants into pediatric dentistry education and curricula; and sets out some key priorities for action with suggested directions to best prepare the future dental workforce to maximise oral health outcomes for children. Immediate priorities for action in paediatric dentistry in Chile were proposed.
AB - Background: A meeting was organised to consolidate a network of researchers and academics from Australia, Brazil, Chile, the UK and the USA, relating to Early Childhood Caries (ECC) and Dental Trauma (DT). As part of this meeting, a dedicated session was held on the future of paediatric dental education and curricula. Twenty-four paediatric dentistry (PD) academics, representing eight Chilean dental schools, and three international specialists (from Brazil and Latvia) participated in group discussions facilitated by five members of the ECC/DT International Collaborative Network. Data were collected from group discussions which followed themes developed as guides to identify key issues associated with paediatric dentistry education, training and research. Discussion: Participants discussed current PD dental curricula in Chile, experiences in educating new cohorts of oral health care providers, and the outcomes of existing efforts in education and research in PD. They also, identified challenges, opportunities and areas in need of further development. Summary: This paper provides an introspective analysis of the education and training of PD in Chile; describes the input provided by participants into pediatric dentistry education and curricula; and sets out some key priorities for action with suggested directions to best prepare the future dental workforce to maximise oral health outcomes for children. Immediate priorities for action in paediatric dentistry in Chile were proposed.
KW - Chile
KW - Curriculum
KW - Paediatric dental education
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U2 - 10.1186/s12903-016-0251-7
DO - 10.1186/s12903-016-0251-7
M3 - Letter
C2 - 27431994
AN - SCOPUS:84978802748
SN - 1472-6831
VL - 17
JO - BMC Oral Health
JF - BMC Oral Health
IS - 1
M1 - 20
ER -