Chopra Sukhbir Singh, Sahoo Nanda Kishore
Deputy Commandant, Command Military Dental Centre (Southern Command), Pune, India.
Directorate General of Dental Services, Adjutant Generals' Branch, 'L' Block, New Delhi, India.
Med J Armed Forces India. 2021 Feb;77(Suppl 1):S31-S36. doi: 10.1016/j.mjafi.2020.11.025. Epub 2021 Feb 2.
Imparting dental education in times of the current pandemic of COVID-19 has transformed it to a Gordian knot. Dental education must focus on educating dental students for a lifetime of clinical practice. It must inspire them to pursue professional development during this era of rapid advancements and transformation, while being ethical and empathic. This pandemic has denied or limited access to clinical learning avenues for students. Hence, there is a need to adapt to the 'new normal' during and after this pandemic by finding a viable solution. This adverse situation must stimulate the dental educators to prepare a COVID-proof curriculum to tackle any (including the current) pandemic situation and prepare academicians to be ready to face such untoward occurrences in future. This would entail redefining learning outcomes, improvising teaching protocols, and adapting current assessment practices.
在当前新冠疫情大流行期间开展牙科教育已将其变成了一个棘手的难题。牙科教育必须专注于培养牙科学生终身从事临床实践的能力。它必须激励他们在这个快速发展和变革的时代追求专业发展，同时秉持道德和同理心。这场疫情剥夺或限制了学生获取临床学习途径的机会。因此，有必要在疫情期间及之后通过找到可行的解决方案来适应“新常态”。这种不利情况必须促使牙科教育工作者制定一个能抵御新冠疫情的课程体系，以应对任何（包括当前的）疫情形势，并让学者们做好准备，以便在未来面对此类不利事件。这将需要重新定义学习成果、改进教学方案并调整当前的评估方法。
