Hunt Ronald J, Ojha Diptee
Dr. Hunt is Professor and Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, Midwestern University College of Dental Medicine-Arizona, and he represents the American Dental Education Association on the Dental Quality Alliance; Dr. Ojha is Senior Manager, Office of Quality Assessment and Improvement, American Dental Association, and she serves as the Lead Staff for the Dental Quality Alliance.
J Dent Educ. 2017 Dec;81(12):1395-1404. doi: 10.21815/JDE.017.099.
Concerns about health care quality have affected much of the health care delivery system including dentistry and dental education. Believing measurement is the key element in improving quality, the Dental Quality Alliance brought together major stakeholders in oral health care to lead the development of oral health performance measures that can be used to evaluate the performance of dental programs and practices. These measures complement the quality assurance measures dental schools use to ensure compliance with accreditation standards on patient care delivery. This article describes the rationale for and process of developing these performance measures and argues that dental schools should implement quality measurement processes in their clinical programs to improve the clinical practices of the present and better prepare their graduates for their practices of the future.
对医疗质量的担忧已经影响到包括牙科和牙科教育在内的大部分医疗服务体系。牙科质量联盟认为衡量是提高质量的关键要素，于是将口腔医疗保健领域的主要利益相关者聚集在一起，引领口腔健康绩效衡量标准的制定，这些标准可用于评估牙科项目和诊疗的绩效。这些衡量标准补充了牙科学校用于确保在患者护理服务方面符合认证标准的质量保证措施。本文描述了制定这些绩效衡量标准的基本原理和过程，并认为牙科学校应在其临床项目中实施质量衡量流程，以改善当前的临床诊疗，并更好地为其毕业生未来的诊疗工作做好准备。
