American Dental Education Association, 1400 K Street NW, Washington, DC 20005, USA.
J Dent Educ. 2011 Oct;75(10 Suppl):S54-56.
Dental schools are hard pressed to find the resources to adequately fund their mission of education, research, and service. Over the years, schools have tried to make up for the loss in public funds by increasing student tuition, increasing enrollment, and reducing the growth in faculty and staff salaries and program costs. Unfortunately, these strategies have not solved the financial problems. Declining resources are threatening the future of dental education. Data presented in this report attempt to answer the following question: will community-based dental education restore the fiscal health of dental schools and provide students an equal or better education? By reducing the number of chairs per student and developing revenue-sharing relationships with community clinics, community-based dental education offers a realistic option for putting dental schools on a solid financial footing.
牙科学院在为其教育、研究和服务使命提供资金方面面临很大压力。多年来，学校一直试图通过提高学生学费、增加入学人数以及减少教职员工工资和项目成本的增长来弥补公共资金的损失。不幸的是，这些策略并没有解决财政问题。资源的减少正威胁着牙科教育的未来。本报告中提供的数据试图回答以下问题：以社区为基础的牙科教育是否会恢复牙科学院的财政健康状况，并为学生提供同等或更好的教育？通过减少每个学生的椅位数，并与社区诊所建立收入共享关系，以社区为基础的牙科教育为使牙科学院获得坚实的财务基础提供了一个切实可行的选择。
