Academic Integrity and Cheating in Dental Education: Prevalence, Drivers, and Career Implications [PDF]
Background: Integrity, encompassing honesty, accountability, and ethical conduct, is a cornerstone of the dental profession, essential for patient trust and safety. Despite its importance, academic dishonesty remains a pervasive issue in dental education
Akhilesh Kasula +8 more
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Utilization of Simulated Competency Exams in Dental Hygiene Education. [PDF]
ABSTRACT Objective The COVID‐19 pandemic accelerated the transition from live patient to manikin‐based licensure exams, a format likely to continue. This study examined the impact of simulated competency and mock board exams on the perceptions and self‐confidence of two student cohorts, using a four‐semester sequence with Acadental ModuPRO DH and ...
Thelen RM +3 more
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Consistency between inter-institutional panels using a three-level Angoff-standard setting in licensure tests of foreign-trained dentists in Sweden: A cohort study. [PDF]
Licensure exams play a crucial role in ensuring the competence of individuals entering a profession, thereby safeguarding the public and maintaining the quality and integrity of the profession.
Jesper Dalum +6 more
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The Dental Public Health Workforce: Employer Expectations and Future Directions. [PDF]
ABSTRACT Objective This study examines employer expectations within the dental public health (DPH) profession and evaluates the alignment of DPH training programs with workforce demands, identifying critical gaps and opportunities for improvement.
Gritzer L +4 more
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Dental Public Health as Prime Catalyst for Advancing Solidarity and Accompaniment Within Dental Service‐Learning and Community‐Based Dental Education [PDF]
ABSTRACT Objectives This commentary examines US‐based dental service learning (DSL), community‐based dental education (CBDE), and dental public health residency education in light of the profession's ethical commitments, social contract, and reparative obligations. Drawing on the introduction into US‐based global dental education of Brocher Declaration
Raskin S, Smith C.
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Instructors' Perspectives of Clinical Performance of Internationally-Trained Dental Students' Enrolled in a Qualifying Program. [PDF]
ABSTRACT Objectives This qualitative study explored the instructors’ perspectives on the clinical performance of internationally trained dentists (ITD) as dental students, focusing on strengths, limitations, and recommendations for improvement. Methods Qualitative description guided the study design.
Midha R +3 more
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Factors Influencing the Inter-Country Movement Intentions of Future Dentists in Ireland: A Cross-Sectional Study. [PDF]
Introduction To provide the optimum level of oral healthcare, the supply of dentists should mirror the population’s oral health care needs. However, the ongoing inter‐country movement of oral health professionals is reducing Ireland’s capacity to maintain an adequate oral health workforce.
Islam MM +7 more
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AAPM MEDICAL PHYSICS PRACTICE GUIDELINE 10.b: Scope of practice for clinical medical physics. [PDF]
Abstract The American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) is a nonprofit professional society whose mission is “Advancing medicine through excellence in the science, education and professional practice of medical physics.” The AAPM has roughly 10,000 members and is the principal organization of medical physicists in the United States. The AAPM
Lim SB +8 more
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Mapping of dental graduates’ career paths in Hong Kong, Japan and mainland China
Dental graduates have a variety of career-path choices. After graduation, they may join private dental practice, government- or hospital-based dental care services, research groups, academia, business or industry.
Chloe Meng Jiang +5 more
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The Changing Face of Dental Licensing Examinations
Recent developments have changed characteristics of the examinations required for licensing as a dentist in most U.S. jurisdictions. These include implementation of the INBDE that now has replaced Part I and Part II of the National Board Dental ...
Mark L. Christensen
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