Nix Ned L, Beck Lynn G, Rodriguez Tobias E
Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University of the Pacific, Arthur A. Dugoni School of Dentistry, San Francisco, CA.
Professor and Former Dean, Department of Educational Administration and Leadership, University of the Pacific, Gladys L. Benerd School of Education, Stockton, CA.
J Oral Maxillofac Surg. 2016 Jul;74(7):1295-9. doi: 10.1016/j.joms.2016.02.032. Epub 2016 Mar 23.
A faculty shortage crisis exists in oral and maxillofacial surgery (OMS) education affecting dental students, OMS residents, and OMS full-time faculty. This report was designed to help nonacademic OMS practitioners better understand the problem and appreciate the potential benefits of volunteering as a part-time faculty member. Volunteer part-time faculty can help bolster the efforts of the faculty leaders (full-time and part-time) by taking on some of the dental student and/or resident educational responsibilities. They can also help free up some of the full-time faculty members' time to allow them to complete the scholarly activities required of full-time academicians. Volunteer part-time faculty can greatly benefit from their involvement in dental education. Exposure to faculty leaders and dental students and residents can be educationally enriching and stimulating for volunteer part-time faculty. Students and residents will benefit from learning the differing approaches to patient management that volunteer part-time faculty can provide. In addition, volunteer part-time faculty can have a scope of practice or practice emphasis that differs from and complements that of the faculty leaders. Finally, residents can also benefit from exposure to private practice management strategies that volunteer part-time faculty share. The present report explores how all parties can benefit from OMS faculty volunteerism.
口腔颌面外科（OMS）教育中存在师资短缺危机，这影响着牙科学生、OMS住院医师以及OMS全职教员。本报告旨在帮助非学术性的OMS从业者更好地理解这一问题，并认识到担任兼职教员志愿服务的潜在益处。志愿兼职教员可以承担一些牙科学生和/或住院医师的教育职责，从而帮助支持教员负责人（全职和兼职）的工作。他们还可以帮助腾出一些全职教员的时间，使他们能够完成全职学者所需的学术活动。志愿兼职教员参与牙科教育可受益匪浅。与教员负责人以及牙科学生和住院医师的接触，对志愿兼职教员而言在教育方面既丰富又具有启发性。学生和住院医师将从学习志愿兼职教员能够提供的不同患者管理方法中受益。此外，志愿兼职教员的执业范围或执业重点可能与教员负责人不同且互为补充。最后，住院医师也可以从接触志愿兼职教员分享的私人执业管理策略中受益。本报告探讨了各方如何能从OMS教员志愿服务中获益。
