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J Dent Educ. 68(11): 1163-1171 2004
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Educational Methodologies

Perceptions of Dental Schools from Within and Outside the University

Douglas N. Dederich, D.D.S., Ph.D.; Patrick M. Lloyd, D.D.S., M.S.; Cherae Dixon-Farmer, D.D.S., M.S.P.H.; Kathy Voight Geurink, R.D.H., M.A.; Nader A. Nadershahi, D.D.S., M.B.A.; Fonda G. Robinson, D.M.D.; Frank A. Scannapieco, D.M.D., Ph.D.

Dr. Dederich is Head, Department of Periodontics, LSU School of Dentistry; Dr. Lloyd is Dean, University of Minnesota School of Dentistry; Dr. Dixon-Farmer is Associate Dean for Student Affairs, Meharry School of Dentistry; Dr. Geurink is Associate Professor/Clinical, Department of Dental Hygiene, School of Allied Health Sciences, University of Texas Health Science Center; Dr. Nadershahi is Chairman, Dental Faculty Council, University of the Pacific School of Dentistry; Dr. Robinson is Division Chief of Prosthodontics, University of Kentucky, College of Dentistry; and Dr. Scannapieco is Professor and Associate Chair of Oral Biology, School of Dental Medicine, State University of New York at Buffalo. Direct correspondence and requests for reprints to Dr. Douglas N. Dederich, Department of Periodontics, LSU School of Dentistry, 1100 Florida Avenue, Box 138, New Orleans, LA 70119-2799; 504-619-8610 phone; 504-670-2709 fax; ddeder{at}lsuhsc.edu.

Key words: dental education, oral health, dental care, dental health education, dental schools

Submitted for publication 05/18/04; accepted 09/03/04

Perceptions of dental schools held by high-level administrators of their parent institutions and officials in the local community have great potential to influence the future of dental education. The intent of this investigation was to gain a preliminary knowledge of such perceptions at seven institutions in the United States and to use this information to formulate hypotheses that can provide the basis for further targeted investigations that provide evidence useful in decision making and planning processes within dental schools. Interviews with university administrators, executive directors of state dental associations, and state government officials in seven areas of the United States were conducted. The hypotheses drawn from these interviews are: 1) dental schools are generally too insular and need to interact more with their parent institutions and external community; 2) dental schools need to systematically and continually get the message of the value of their services out to the public and political constituencies; and 3) multidisciplinarity and integration with other units are important to university administrators but largely outside the concerns of those external to the university. We suggest that these hypotheses form the basis of subsequent, more targeted, follow-up investigations with the intent of formulating specific recommendations for action.




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