Nasseripour Melanie, Harkins Angela, Neville Patricia, Ranauta Amitha
Faculty of Dentistry, Oral and Cranio-Facial Sciences, Centre for Oral, Clinical & Translational Sciences, King's College London, London, UK.
University of Glasgow Dental School, Glasgow, UK.
Eur J Dent Educ. 2025 Feb;29(1):84-91. doi: 10.1111/eje.13051. Epub 2024 Oct 31.
Dental regulators and educational institutions are increasingly concerned about the influence of digital platforms used by the profession for social, business, digital interaction with the public/patients and its impact on the professionalism in practice now and going forward. However, academic knowledge and research within dentistry are relevant to e-professionalism at a level of engagement and approach in delivering guidance to students through the current dental curriculum. The question therefore asked was what breadth of academic material, research, debate and discourse is available to inform our understanding, guidance and teaching on this ever-evolving topic.
To map how e-professionalism has developed in academic dental literature as a topic within the study of professionalism in practice.
A rapid scoping review was conducted to identify published research that describes and tests the topic of professionalism from 2016 to 2023. Studies were synthesised narratively using thematic analysis to inform the understanding of what has been already researched in the field.
Thirteen articles were included in the review. After undertaking a thematic analysis, five themes were constructed. These included: curriculum, opportunities and safe professional use, reflections, personal and professional identity issues, and students as co-creators.
Within dental research there is consensus that e-professionalism could present a tangible threat to the identity of dental professionals their clinical practice and interaction with patients/public however, less is known about what educational strategies are most effective when teaching e-professionalism.
牙科监管机构和教育机构越来越关注该行业用于社交、业务以及与公众/患者进行数字互动的数字平台的影响，以及其对当前及未来实践中专业精神的影响。然而，牙科领域的学术知识和研究在通过当前牙科课程向学生提供指导的参与度和方法层面与电子专业精神相关。因此提出的问题是，有哪些广度的学术材料、研究、辩论和论述可用于增进我们对这个不断发展的主题的理解、指导和教学。
梳理电子专业精神在牙科专业学术文献中作为实践中专业精神研究主题的发展情况。
进行了一项快速范围综述，以识别2016年至2023年期间描述和测试专业精神主题的已发表研究。使用主题分析对研究进行叙述性综合，以增进对该领域已研究内容的理解。
该综述纳入了13篇文章。在进行主题分析后，构建了五个主题。这些主题包括：课程、机会与安全专业使用、反思、个人与职业身份问题以及学生作为共同创造者。
在牙科研究中存在共识，即电子专业精神可能对牙科专业人员及其临床实践以及与患者/公众的互动身份构成切实威胁，然而，在教授电子专业精神时哪种教育策略最有效却知之甚少。
