Thomas Huw F
School of Dentistry, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294-0007, USA.
J Dent Educ. 2009 Feb;73(2):172-6.
In this reflection article, Dr. Huw F. Thomas, a U.S. dental school dean, identifies important messages and insights he gained from a series of twenty-one articles about the future of dental education published in the Journal of Dental Education from October 2005 to February 2009. This article addresses three questions: 1) What influence have these articles had on a dental school dean's perspectives about his role and priorities? 2) What important messages are contained within these articles for fellow deans? and 3) What messages do these articles send to dental education in general? The American Dental Education Association's Commission on Change and Innovation in Dental Education (ADEA CCI) was established to facilitate change and innovation in dental education. Through the ADEA CCI, ADEA brought together stakeholders in academic dentistry: dental schools, the American Dental Association (ADA) Board of Trustees, the Commission on Dental Accreditation (CODA), the ADA Council on Dental Education and Licensure (CDEL), the Joint Commission on National Dental Examinations (JCNDE), the dental licensure community, the ADA Foundation, and advanced dental education programs. The goal of the ADEA CCI is to provide a forum to build consensus within the dental community for innovative changes in the education of general dentists. As part of the consensus-building process, the ADEA CCI commissioned a series of articles, published in the Journal of Dental Education, to raise awareness and stimulate dialogue about issues and forces shaping the future of dental education and propose strategies to achieve desired enhancements. Collectively, this series of articles is known as the Perspectives and Reflections in Dental Education (PRIDE) series to acknowledge the commitment of the academic dental community to reflect on current practices and future directions and also to represent the pride of dental school faculty members in their educational responsibilities and accomplishments.
在这篇反思文章中，美国一所牙科学院院长休·F·托马斯博士阐述了他从2005年10月至2009年2月发表在《牙科教育杂志》上的一系列21篇关于牙科教育未来的文章中获得的重要信息和见解。本文探讨了三个问题：1）这些文章对一位牙科学院院长关于其角色和优先事项的看法产生了什么影响？2）这些文章中包含了哪些对其他院长来说重要的信息？3）这些文章总体上向牙科教育传达了什么信息？美国牙科教育协会牙科教育变革与创新委员会（ADEA CCI）的设立是为了促进牙科教育的变革与创新。通过ADEA CCI，ADEA将牙科学术界的利益相关者聚集在一起：牙科学院、美国牙科协会（ADA）理事会、牙科认证委员会（CODA）、ADA牙科教育与执照颁发委员会（CDEL）、国家牙科联合考试委员会（JCNDE）、牙科执照颁发团体、ADA基金会以及高级牙科教育项目。ADEA CCI的目标是提供一个论坛，以便在牙科界就全科牙医教育的创新变革达成共识。作为达成共识过程的一部分，ADEA CCI委托在《牙科教育杂志》上发表了一系列文章，以提高人们对塑造牙科教育未来的问题和力量的认识，并激发相关对话，同时提出实现预期改进的策略。这一系列文章统称为《牙科教育的观点与反思》（PRIDE）系列，以表彰牙科学术界致力于反思当前实践和未来方向，也代表牙科学院教职员工对其教育职责和成就的自豪。
