Cheng Feng-Chou, He Yi-Zhou, Wang Ling-Hsia, Chang Julia Yu-Fong, Liu Shiang-Yao, Chang Yung-Ta, Chiang Chun-Pin
School of Life Science, National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei, Taiwan.
Science Education Center, National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei, Taiwan.
J Dent Sci. 2022 Jul;17(3):1169-1179. doi: 10.1016/j.jds.2022.05.003. Epub 2022 May 18.
BACKGROUND/PURPOSE: The complete curriculum schedule of the School of Dentistry, National Taiwan University (NTU) appeared in 1960. This study aimed to understand the development of dental education in Taiwan by comparing the past and current dental school curricula of NTU.
This study collected the 1960, 1990 and 2020 dental school curriculum schedules for dental students of NTU from the related websites and used the documentary and secondary data analyses to further compare the obtained data.
The number of credits for all the curricula offered by NTU to undergraduate dental students decreased from 264 in 1960 to 243 in 1990 and further to 242 in 2020 with a total decrease of 22 credits by 8.3%. The number (proportion) of credits of medicine courses decreased from 102 (38.6%) in 1960 to 52 (21.4%) in 1990, and then increased to 60 (24.8%) in 2020, with a total decrease of 42 credits by 41.2%, while those of dentistry courses increased from 70 (26.5%) in 1960 to 122 (50.2%) in 1990 and further to 132 (54.5%) in 2020, with a total increase of 62 credits by 88.6%. Among them, clinical practice of dentistry had the greatest growth with a total increase of 42 credits by 233.3%.
The increase of dentistry courses and the decrease of medicine courses are the general trends for modern dental education. The dental school of NTU has the ability to provide more refined dentistry courses to catch the world trend of dental education.
背景/目的：台湾大学牙医学院完整的课程表于1960年出现。本研究旨在通过比较台湾大学牙医学院过去和当前的课程，了解台湾牙科教育的发展情况。
本研究从相关网站收集了台湾大学1960年、1990年和2020年牙医学课程表，用于牙科学生，并使用文献和二手数据分析进一步比较获得的数据。
台湾大学为本科牙科学生提供的所有课程的学分数量从1960年的264学分降至1990年的243学分，2020年进一步降至242学分，总共减少了22学分，降幅为8.3%。医学课程的学分数量（比例）从1960年的102学分（38.6%）降至1990年的52学分（21.4%），然后在2020年增至60学分（24.8%），总共减少了42学分，降幅为41.2%，而牙科课程的学分从1960年的70学分（26.5%）增至1990年的122学分（50.2%），2020年进一步增至132学分（54.5%），总共增加了62学分，增幅为88.6%。其中，牙科临床实践增长最大，总共增加了42学分，增幅为233.3%。
牙科课程增加而医学课程减少是现代牙科教育的总体趋势。台湾大学牙医学院有能力提供更精细的牙科课程，以跟上世界牙科教育的趋势。
