Khanna Richa, Lele Gauri, Anandakrishna Latha, Deshpande Anshula, Mathur Vijay Prakash, Muthu M S, Nirmal Latha, Saha Sonali, Jayakumar Priya, Marwah Nikhil
Professor (Jr Grade), Paediatric & Preventive Dentistry, King George's Medical University, Lucknow, India.
Department of Preventive Dental Sciences, College of Dentistry, King Faisal University, Al Ahsa, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, UAE.
Med J Armed Forces India. 2021 Feb;77(Suppl 1):S22-S30. doi: 10.1016/j.mjafi.2020.11.008. Epub 2021 Feb 2.
The changing paradigm of dental education in India has led its way to the development of Competency-Based Curriculum (CBC). This article describes the process of developing CBC in the specialty of Pediatric Dentistry under the initiative of Dental Council of India. Rationale behind CBC development is to bring uniform system of education for improving oral health outcomes of the society in long term. The process of CBC development was a collaborative teamwork, planned meticulously with predefined outline, tasks and timelines. Workflow involved identification of curricular content, defining program goals, outlining competencies, assigning them domains / levels of clinical competence, priority, educational strategies, assessment practices, integration and numbers needed for certification in selected competencies. Early clinical exposure was introduced in CBC. The final content was validated and submitted to the Council. CBC output can be summarized as competencies with fair share of all domains, levels, prioritization and integration. It is characterized by flexibility for choosing educational strategies and assessment practices. It opens up ways for global competition. However, it still has some inherent weaknesses like diverging learning paths, time constraints and number chasing. CBC can further have more academic flexibility and develop toward an outcome-based approach. Faculty preparedness and acceptability shall be the biggest challenges in CBC implementation besides resources' availability, support from leadership and acceptability from our primary stakeholders, our learners. CBC is the beginning of evidence-based delivery of education in dentistry. An effective implementation of CBC in current form would result in increased numbers of competent oral healthcare professionals for the society.
印度牙科教育模式的转变推动了基于能力的课程（CBC）的发展。本文描述了在印度牙科理事会的倡议下，儿童牙科专业CBC的开发过程。CBC开发的基本原理是建立统一的教育体系，以长期改善社会的口腔健康状况。CBC的开发过程是一个团队合作，按照预先定义的大纲、任务和时间表精心规划。工作流程包括确定课程内容、定义项目目标、概述能力、为其分配临床能力的领域/水平、优先级、教育策略、评估方法、整合以及选定能力认证所需的数量。CBC引入了早期临床接触。最终内容经过验证并提交给理事会。CBC的成果可以概括为在所有领域、水平、优先级和整合方面都有合理份额的能力。其特点是在选择教育策略和评估方法方面具有灵活性。它为全球竞争开辟了道路。然而，它仍然存在一些固有弱点，如学习路径分散、时间限制和数字追求。CBC可以进一步具有更大的学术灵活性，并朝着基于成果的方法发展。除了资源可用性、领导层的支持以及我们的主要利益相关者（即我们的学习者）的接受度之外，教师的准备情况和接受度将是CBC实施中最大的挑战。CBC是牙科循证教育的开端。以当前形式有效实施CBC将为社会培养更多合格的口腔保健专业人员。
