Department of Oral Medicine, School of Dentistry, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK.
Oral Dis. 2011 Apr;17 Suppl 1:95-8. doi: 10.1111/j.1601-0825.2011.01785.x.
The aim of this preliminary study was to investigate postgraduate Oral Medicine training worldwide and to begin to identify minimum requirements and/or core content for an International Oral Medicine curriculum.
Countries where there was believed to be postgraduate training in Oral Medicine were identified by the working group. Standardized emails were sent inviting participants to complete an online survey regarding the scope of postgraduate training in Oral Medicine in their respective countries.
We received 69 total responses from 37 countries. Of these, 22 countries self-identified as having postgraduate Oral Medicine as a distinct field of study, and they served as the study group. While there is currently considerable variation among Oral Medicine postgraduate training parameters, there is considerable congruency in clinical content of the Oral Medicine syllabi. For example, all of the training programs responded that they did evaluate competence in diagnosis and management of oral mucosal disease.
This preliminary study provides the first evidence regarding international Oral Medicine postgraduate training, from which recommendations for an international core curriculum could be initiated. It is through such an initiative that a universal clinical core syllabus in postgraduate Oral Medicine training may be more feasible.
本初步研究旨在调查全球口腔医学研究生培训情况，并开始确定国际口腔医学课程的最低要求和/或核心内容。
工作组确定了有口腔医学研究生培训的国家。向参与者发送了标准化电子邮件，邀请他们完成一项关于各自国家口腔医学研究生培训范围的在线调查。
我们收到了来自 37 个国家的 69 份回复。其中，22 个国家将口腔医学研究生培训视为一个独特的研究领域，作为研究组。尽管目前口腔医学研究生培训参数存在相当大的差异，但口腔医学教学大纲的临床内容具有相当大的一致性。例如，所有的培训项目都表示他们确实评估了口腔黏膜疾病的诊断和管理能力。
这项初步研究提供了关于国际口腔医学研究生培训的第一个证据，从中可以提出国际核心课程的建议。正是通过这样的举措，口腔医学研究生培训的通用临床核心教学大纲才更具可行性。
