O-Health-Edu: A viewpoint into the current state of oral health professional education in Europe: Part 2: Curriculum structure, facilities, staffing and quality assurance

IF 1.7 4区教育学 Q3 DENTISTRY, ORAL SURGERY & MEDICINE

European Journal of Dental Education Pub Date : 2024-01-22 DOI:10.1111/eje.12987

Jonathan Dixon, Stephanie Tubert-Jeannin, Julia Davies, Maria van Harten, Valerie Roger-Leroi, Sibylle Vital, Corrado Paganelli, Ilze Akota, Maria Cristina Manzanares-Cespedes, Denis Murphy, Gabor Gerber, Barry Quinn, James Field

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Abstract

Introduction

Oral health professional (OHP) education is likely to vary across Europe in accordance with an EU directive that is open to broad interpretation. It is not clear how OHP curricula are structured or delivered across Europe. The objectives of Part 2 of this paper series are: (i) to provide an overview of common practices in curriculum structure, the availability of facilities, staffing (faculty) and quality assurance processes and (ii) to consider how the existing programme structures align to stakeholder guidance documents.

Methods

A total of 27 questions from a 91-item questionnaire were used for this manuscript. The questionnaire was developed following the Delphi method to establish consensus from a group of experts. Members of the research team and colleagues from other countries in Europe completed a multi-step piloting process. An online data hub was created to allow the respondents to be data controllers and respond to the questionnaire. ADEE member schools (n = 144) were invited to provide data.

Results

Totally, 71 institutions from 25 European countries provided data between June 2021 and April 2023, which represents a response rate of 49.3% of ADEE members. Data on curriculum approaches, teaching methods, integration of topics of interest, clinical education, staff–student ratios, access to facilities and new technologies, teaching staff (faculty) and quality assurance processes are presented for Primary Dental Degree Programmes.

Conclusion

To the best of our knowledge, this series of papers are the first attempts to provide a comprehensive overview of OHP education in Europe. Results showed that the majority of European dental programmes are engaged in providing innovative and scientifically grounded education in order to develop quality future OHPs. Nevertheless, significant variability in the delivery of clinical education across the European OHP schools was notable in this dataset. A comprehensive view of the state of OHP education in Europe is not yet available but the O-Health-Edu data hub provides a means for all education providers in Europe to contribute data to reach this goal. It is anticipated that the data hub will be updated and built upon over time to continually establish a clearer picture of the state of OHP education in Europe.

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O-Health-Edu：欧洲口腔卫生专业教育现状透视：第二部分：课程结构、设施、人员配备和质量保证。

导言：根据一项可作广泛解释的欧盟指令，欧洲各国的口腔保健专业人员（OHP）教育可能各不相同。目前尚不清楚欧洲各国的口腔保健专业课程是如何安排或实施的。本系列文件第二部分的目标是(i)概述课程结构、设施可用性、人员配备（师资）和质量保证程序方面的常见做法，(ii)考虑现有课程结构如何与利益相关者的指导文件保持一致：本手稿共使用了 91 个调查问卷中的 27 个问题。该问卷是按照德尔菲法（Delphi method）编制的，目的是与专家组达成共识。研究小组成员和来自欧洲其他国家的同事完成了一个多步骤的试点过程。我们创建了一个在线数据中心，使受访者能够成为数据控制者并对问卷做出回复。ADEE成员学校（n = 144）受邀提供数据：共有来自 25 个欧洲国家的 71 所院校提供了 2021 年 6 月至 2023 年 4 月期间的数据，ADEE 成员的回复率为 49.3%。结果：共有来自 25 个欧洲国家的 71 所院校提供了 2021 年 6 月至 2023 年 4 月期间的数据，ADEE 成员的回复率为 49.3%。数据涉及初级牙科学位课程的课程方法、教学方法、兴趣主题的整合、临床教育、师生比例、设施和新技术的使用、教学人员（教师）和质量保证流程：据我们所知，这一系列论文是首次对欧洲开放式口腔水平教育进行全面概述的尝试。结果表明，大多数欧洲牙科课程都在提供创新和有科学依据的教育，以培养高质量的未来口腔医师。然而，从数据集来看，欧洲口腔医学院校在临床教育方面存在着显著的差异。目前还无法全面了解欧洲的开放式保健教育状况，但开放式保健教育数据中心为欧洲的所有教育提供者提供了实现这一目标所需的数据。预计随着时间的推移，该数据中心将不断更新和发展，以持续建立一个更清晰的欧洲开放式水文计划教育状况图。

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European Journal of Dental Education 医学-学科教育

CiteScore

4.10

自引率

16.70%

发文量

127

审稿时长

6-12 weeks

期刊介绍： The aim of the European Journal of Dental Education is to publish original topical and review articles of the highest quality in the field of Dental Education. The Journal seeks to disseminate widely the latest information on curriculum development teaching methodologies assessment techniques and quality assurance in the fields of dental undergraduate and postgraduate education and dental auxiliary personnel training. The scope includes the dental educational aspects of the basic medical sciences the behavioural sciences the interface with medical education information technology and distance learning and educational audit. Papers embodying the results of high-quality educational research of relevance to dentistry are particularly encouraged as are evidence-based reports of novel and established educational programmes and their outcomes.