5.3 Global challenges in research and strategic planning

Bruce J. Baum, John Scott, Matthias Bickel, Giorgio Gombos, John S. Greenspan, Wei Guo, No Hee Park, David Purdell-Lewis, Richard Ranney, Eli Schwarz, Greg Seymour, Katsumi Uoshima

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Abstract

Health sciences research is experiencing dramatic progress. How can dental schools throughout the world best make these research advances relevant for dental students, as well as providing them with the means to assess and utilize the research advances that will occur in the future? This complex question presents a critical challenge to the dental educational community. Research is clearly integral to the mission of dental education. By providing dental students with active learning strategies, dental educators can inculcate the ability for independent scientific thinking and thereby develop reflective as well as technically competent practitioners. However, there is a shortage of well-trained individuals to fill faculty and research positions in certain parts of the world. Global networks for mutual information exchange are imperative to overcome resource limitations in individual institutions, as is dedicated funding for research in the dental educational setting.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)179-184
Number of pages6
JournalEuropean Journal of Dental Education
Volume6
Issue numberSUPP.3
DOIs
StatePublished - 2002
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Health sciences
  • Lifelong learning
  • Research
  • Scholarship

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Education
  • General Dentistry

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