Harvard School of Dental Medicine, 188 Longwood Ave., Boston, MA 02115;.
J Dent Educ. 2013 Oct;77(10):1245-51.
To channel students' interest in global oral health and prepare them to respond adequately to the health effects of globalization as future practitioners, new courses in dental curricula may be needed. This article documents the results of Harvard School of Dental Medicine (HSDM)'s new course, Global Oral Health: Interdisciplinary Approaches. To the authors' knowledge, this is the first course of its kind in dental education. HSDM developed learning objectives for the course based on the literature, the training and experience of HSDM global health faculty, and the mission of the HSDM Global Health Initiative. Dental residents and public health students enrolled, and some dental students audited. The discussion-based critical thinking course examined the extensive relationship between oral health and global health, and concept development was determined by in-class participation. After taking the course, students' assessments of their global oral health knowledge increased on average 100 percent. Nearly all students reported that they were very likely to use the concepts of global oral health in their careers and that they would definitely recommend the course to others. This course model seems to have met the expectations of students and faculty, and its fundamentals appear to be readily transferrable to other dental schools.
为了激发学生对全球口腔健康的兴趣，并使他们在未来的职业生涯中能够充分应对全球化对健康的影响，牙科课程可能需要增设新课程。本文记录了哈佛牙医学院（HSDM）新课程“全球口腔健康：跨学科方法”的成果。据作者所知，这是牙科学教育中的首例课程。HSDM 根据文献、HSDM 全球健康教师的培训和经验，以及 HSDM 全球健康倡议的使命，为本课程制定了学习目标。牙科住院医师和公共卫生专业学生报名参加，一些牙科学生旁听。这节以讨论为基础的批判性思维课程探讨了口腔健康与全球健康之间广泛的关系，课堂参与决定了概念的发展。在修完这门课程后，学生对全球口腔健康知识的评估平均提高了 100%。几乎所有学生都表示，他们非常有可能在职业生涯中运用全球口腔健康的概念，并且一定会向其他人推荐这门课程。该课程模式似乎满足了学生和教师的期望，其基本原理似乎很容易推广到其他牙科学院。
