JDE
HOME HELP FEEDBACK SUBSCRIPTIONS ARCHIVE SEARCH TABLE OF CONTENTS
QUICK SEARCH:   [advanced]


     

J Dent Educ. 68(9): 995-1003 2004
© 2004 American Dental Education Association
This Article
Right arrow Full Text
Right arrow Full Text (PDF)
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Services
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Similar articles in PubMed
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Right arrow reprints & permissions
Citing Articles
Right arrow Citing Articles via HighWire
Right arrow Citing Articles via Google Scholar
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by Werb, S. B.
Right arrow Articles by Matear, D. W.
Right arrow Search for Related Content
PubMed
Right arrow PubMed Citation
Right arrow Articles by Werb, S. B.
Right arrow Articles by Matear, D. W.

Evidence-Based Dentistry

Implementing Evidence-Based Practice in Undergraduate Teaching Clinics: A Systematic Review and Recommendations

Sara B. Werb, Hon.B.Sc., M.S.Ed.; David W. Matear, B.D.S., B.M.Sc., M.Sc., D.D.P.H.

Ms. Werb is a Research Student, and Dr. Matear is Associate Professor, Discipline of Community Dentistry—both at the Faculty of Dentistry, University of Toronto. Direct correspondence and requests for reprints to Dr. David W. Matear, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Toronto, 124 Edward Street, Toronto M5G 1G6, Ontario, Canada; 416-979-4907, ext. 4499 phone; 416-979-4938 fax; david.matear{at}utoronto.ca.

Key words: evidence-based dentistry, evidence-based medicine, dental education, medical education, educational modules

Submitted for publication 05/19/04; accepted 07/06/04

The objective of this project was to identify an effective methodology of approaching and implementing evidence-based principles in undergraduate teaching clinics to promote evidence-based dentistry in future clinical practice. A systematic review was undertaken to examine evidence-based clinical teaching and faculty continuing education. Research published from 1996 to 2002 was retrieved by searching several databases and the Internet, along with conducting hand searches and reviewing bibliographies maintained by faculty experts. Qualitative checklists for different types of studies were created to evaluate the literature. Relevant studies were selected if they met all four predetermined essential criteria and a minimum of two out of three desirable criteria. Systematic reviews were chosen if they met all five essential criteria. Data from selected articles were extracted, and study quality was assessed. We found that three systematic reviews and nine original research articles were deemed methodologically acceptable. Problem-based learning and evidence-based health care interventions increased student knowledge of medical topics and their ability to search, evaluate, and appraise medical literature. Dental students in a problem-based learning curriculum, emphasizing evidence-based practices, scored higher on the NDB I (National Dentistry Boards, Part I) than students in traditional curricula. While effective modules in implementing theoretical evidence-based principles exist, very few high-quality studies are available that examine these principles in dental undergraduate teaching clinics. No methodologically appropriate studies on the education of faculty in the implementation of evidence-based principles are available. Some studies promote promising theories and methodologies of teaching evidence-based care; based on these theories, a comprehensive model is proposed in this article. Considering the strength of evidence in the reviewed literature, we concluded that an evidence-based approach to clinical care is effective.




This article has been cited by other articles:


Home page
 J Dent EducHome page
R. S. Wilder, A. M. Iacopino, C. A. Feldman, J. Guthmiller, J. Linfante, S. Lavigne, and D. Paquette
Periodontal-Systemic Disease Education in U.S. and Canadian Dental Schools
J Dent Educ., January 1, 2009; 73(1): 38 - 52.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Home page
 J Dent EducHome page
A. E. Levine, R. D. Bebermeyer, J.-W. Chen, D. Davis, and C. Harty
Development of an Interdisciplinary Course in Information Resources and Evidence-Based Dentistry
J Dent Educ., September 1, 2008; 72(9): 1067 - 1076.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Home page
 J Dent EducHome page
M. Nieri and S. Mauro
Continuing Professional Development of Dental Practitioners in Prato, Italy
J Dent Educ., May 1, 2008; 72(5): 616 - 625.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Home page
 J Dent EducHome page
W. D. Hendricson, E. Anderson, S. C. Andrieu, D. G. Chadwick, J. R. Cole, M. C. George, G. N. Glickman, J. F. Glover, J. S. Goldberg, N. K. Haden, et al.
Does Faculty Development Enhance Teaching Effectiveness?
J Dent Educ., December 1, 2007; 71(12): 1513 - 1533.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Home page
 J Dent EducHome page
C. M. Faggion Jr. and Y.-K. Tu
Evidence-Based Dentistry: A Model for Clinical Practice
J Dent Educ., June 1, 2007; 71(6): 825 - 831.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Home page
 J Dent EducHome page
A. M. Iacopino
The Influence of "New Science" on Dental Education: Current Concepts, Trends, and Models for the Future
J Dent Educ., April 1, 2007; 71(4): 450 - 462.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Home page
 J Dent EducHome page
J. M. Roger
A survey of dual-degree training opportunities at u.s. Dental schools.
J Dent Educ., September 1, 2006; 70(9): 909 - 917.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Home page
 J Dent EducHome page
T. M. Gerzina, T. McLean, and J. Fairley
Dental Clinical Teaching: Perceptions of Students and Teachers
J Dent Educ., December 1, 2005; 69(12): 1377 - 1384.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]


HOME HELP FEEDBACK SUBSCRIPTIONS ARCHIVE SEARCH TABLE OF CONTENTS
Copyright © 2004 by the American Dental Education Association.