In Which Ways Does Community-Based Dental Education Facilitate Development of Professional Identity in Undergraduate Curricula? A Scoping Review

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

European Journal of Dental Education Pub Date : 2025-02-26 DOI:10.1111/eje.13084

Sruthi Sunil, Juebei Chen, Kamran Ali, Trine Fink, Xiangyun Du

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Abstract

Background

Community-Based Dental Education (CBDE) is becoming an integral part of undergraduate dental curricula globally. Literature has provided a wide range of benefits related to supporting the development of several professional skills such as communication and social interactions in community settings for dental students. While these skills are related to professional identity (PI) development, there has been little discussion linking CBDE with PI development in the current literature. To fill in this literature gap and explore pedagogical potentials to support PI for undergraduate healthcare curricula, this study provides a scoping review of the literature to analyse how published studies link CBDE to the development of PI.

Methods

PRISMA extension for Scoping Reviews (PRISMA-ScR) was used to conduct the review. The review protocol was registered with Open Science Framework to ensure transparency. Multiple electronic databases were searched, followed by screening of the articles based on the inclusion and exclusion criteria. Qualitative analysis of the included articles was conducted using NVIVO by two independent reviewers.

Results

A total of 4483 articles were identified from databases. The full-text screening was performed for 101 articles by two reviewers, out of which 35 articles were included in the analysis. The reviewed articles provide a diverse perspective of association and contribution to PI development through CBDE. Four dimensions were identified, including personal, clinical, interpersonal, and cultural. Most of the studies focussed on attaining clinical experience, while other studies explored confidence, teamwork skills, communication skills, and cultural awareness among undergraduate students in CBDE.

Conclusion

The current study explores the value of CBDE to foster PI development in undergraduate education. Although the existing literature identifies some elements in CBDE that may contribute to PI development, the link between it and CBDE does not appear to be articulated clearly. The results of the review provide practical implications for the future practice of CBDE and its relevance to professional identity development.

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社区牙科教育在本科课程中如何促进专业认同的发展？范围审查。

背景：以社区为基础的牙科教育（CBDE）正在成为全球本科牙科课程的一个组成部分。文献提供了广泛的好处，这些好处与支持牙科学生在社区环境中的沟通和社会互动等专业技能的发展有关。虽然这些技能与职业认同（PI）的发展有关，但目前文献中很少讨论将CBDE与PI发展联系起来。为了填补这一文献空白并探索支持PI在本科医疗保健课程中的教学潜力，本研究对文献进行了范围审查，以分析已发表的研究如何将CBDE与PI的发展联系起来。方法：采用PRISMA扩展范围评价（PRISMA- scr）进行评价。审查方案已在开放科学框架注册，以确保透明度。检索多个电子数据库，然后根据纳入和排除标准对文章进行筛选。两名独立审稿人使用NVIVO对纳入的文章进行定性分析。结果：共鉴定出4483篇文献。两位审稿人对101篇文章进行了全文筛选，其中35篇文章被纳入分析。回顾的文章提供了通过CBDE对PI发展的关联和贡献的不同视角。研究确定了四个维度，包括个人、临床、人际和文化。大多数研究侧重于获得临床经验，而其他研究则探讨了CBDE本科生的信心，团队合作技能，沟通技巧和文化意识。结论：本研究探讨了CBDE在本科教育中促进PI发展的价值。虽然现有文献确定了CBDE中的一些元素可能有助于PI的发展，但它与CBDE之间的联系似乎并没有明确表达。回顾的结果为未来的CBDE实践及其与职业认同发展的相关性提供了实际意义。

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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.