Instructional and information technology initiatives: the potential for delivery.

An attempt has been made to discuss some of the issues and opportunities which lie ahead as dental educators, their institutions, and our national associations prepare for the expected growth in the instructional and informational technologies that curriculum reform and technological advances will promote. The issues stem from a perceived need to collectively deliver products, as well as discuss issues, within our associations. While most national professional associations are well equipped to focus on questions of policy rather than the production of specific products, I believe there is a real potential for the successful pursuit of both within dental education.