Social accountability in undergraduate dental education: A narrative review.

IF 0.9 4区医学 Q3 DENTISTRY, ORAL SURGERY & MEDICINE

Community dental health Pub Date : 2025-03-01 Epub Date: 2025-06-26 DOI:10.1177/0265539X251343835

Zoe Freeman, Paula J Waterhouse, Sheena E Ramsay, Richard D Holmes

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Abstract

Background: Social accountability relates to the obligation of a health professional school to align education, research, and services with community health priorities. Limited research has examined the role of social accountability in dental education and its potential for addressing oral health inequalities.

Aim: The aim of this narrative review is to describe current research of relevance to social accountability in dental education and identify gaps in the literature.

Method: A systematic search of the electronic databases PubMed, Medline, Embase, Web of Science, and Scopus, using the terms "social accountability", "social responsibility", and "dental education" was undertaken. Articles included in the review were those published between January 1995 and May 2024 which were related to dental professional education and deemed relevant to social accountability.

Results and conclusions: Four themes of relevance to social accountability were identified in the literature (curriculum design and delivery, attitudes, social responsiveness, and cultural competence). This review highlights challenges in measuring the community impact of socially accountable approaches in dental education. There is a need for more longitudinal research to assess the long-term impacts of social accountability in dental education. There are also potential implications for policy and research to influence the working environment of dental graduates to enable and support the workforce to apply and embed social accountability in the practice of dentistry.

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本科牙科教育中的社会责任：述评。

背景：社会责任是指卫生专业学校将教育、研究和服务与社区卫生优先事项相结合的义务。有限的研究审查了社会责任在牙科教育中的作用及其解决口腔健康不平等问题的潜力。目的：这篇叙述性综述的目的是描述当前与牙科教育中的社会责任相关的研究，并确定文献中的差距。方法：系统检索PubMed、Medline、Embase、Web of Science、Scopus等电子数据库，检索词为“社会责任”、“社会责任”、“牙科教育”。该综述纳入了1995年1月至2024年5月期间发表的与牙科专业教育相关并被认为与社会责任相关的文章。结果和结论：在文献中确定了与社会责任相关的四个主题（课程设计和交付、态度、社会反应和文化能力）。这篇综述强调了在衡量牙科教育中社会责任方法的社区影响方面的挑战。有必要进行更多的纵向研究，以评估社会责任在牙科教育中的长期影响。对政策和研究也有潜在的影响，以影响牙科毕业生的工作环境，使和支持劳动力在牙科实践中应用和嵌入社会责任。

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Community dental health 医学-牙科与口腔外科

CiteScore

2.20

自引率

11.80%

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审稿时长

6-12 weeks

期刊介绍： The journal is concerned with dental public health and related subjects. Dental public health is the science and the art of preventing oral disease, promoting oral health, and improving the quality of life through the organised efforts of society. The discipline covers a wide range and includes such topics as: -oral epidemiology- oral health services research- preventive dentistry - especially in relation to communities- oral health education and promotion- clinical research - with particular emphasis on the care of special groups- behavioural sciences related to dentistry- decision theory- quality of life- risk analysis- ethics and oral health economics- quality assessment. The journal publishes scientific articles on the relevant fields, review articles, discussion papers, news items, and editorials. It is of interest to dentists working in dental public health and to other professionals concerned with disease prevention, health service planning, and health promotion throughout the world. In the case of epidemiology of oral diseases the Journal prioritises national studies unless local studies have major methodological innovations or information of particular interest.