Inglehart Marita R, West Karen P, Stolberg Rebecca, Krzanowski Steven, Smith Sonya Gyjuan, Lee Angelo, Ester Todd V, Tucker-Lively Felicia L, Smith Carlos S, Taylor George W, Ware Tawana K, Moran Rosa Chaviano, Garcia M Nathalia, Hogan Rachel E, Lopez-Fuentes Ana N, Mitchell Dennis A, Schwartz Scott B
Inaugural University Diversity and Social Transformation Professor, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.
Department of Periodontics and Oral Medicine, School of Dentistry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.
J Dent Educ. 2025 May;89(5):604-613. doi: 10.1002/jdd.13835. Epub 2025 Jan 23.
From January 2020 to the end of August 2020, preliminary research gathered data about the need for and the feasibility of an ADEA-led joint Climate Study of dental schools and allied dental programs in the United States and Canada. Informed by these findings, the first ever ADEA-led joint Climate Study took place in 2022. The objectives of this manuscript were to describe the timeline of this climate study and provide information about its methodology, specifically about (a) who participated in this research, (b) what was assessed, (c) how the study was conducted, and (d) how the results were communicated.
In 2021, the consulting company Nonprofit HR, members of the ADEA Collaborative on Dental Education Climate Assessment and campus liaisons collaborated on designing the 2022 ADEA-led Climate Study.
Between January 1 and March 31, 2022, survey data were collected in the United States (N = 16,518), Canada (N = 1042), and Puerto Rico (N = 145) from 10,281 students, 2591 staff, 4026 faculty, 359 administrators, and 443 administrators with faculty positions in dental schools and allied dental programs. Social identity information about the respondents' gender identity, ethnicity/race, sexual orientation, and ability status was assessed. Survey questions focused on assessing respondents' perceptions/experiences with their own institutions' climate and the degree to which it was inclusive. The questionnaire collected information about their well-being, sense of belonging and cultural competence, their perceptions/experiences with harassment and discrimination, with their institutions' diversity, equity, and inclusion-related programming, activities, and leadership practices. Careful attention was given to how the data were collected and how the results were shared with the participating academic institutions and the dental education community at large.
Institution-specific results of this 2022 ADEA Climate Study were shared with the participating dental schools and allied dental programs to provide them with a better understanding of their own cultural climate. This special issue of the Journal of Dental Education provides dental educators with an overview of the results of this first ever ADEA-led Climate Study of U.S. and Canadian dental schools and allied dental programs.
2020年1月至2020年8月底，初步研究收集了有关美国牙科院校协会（ADEA）牵头开展美国和加拿大牙科学校及相关牙科项目联合气候研究的必要性和可行性的数据。基于这些研究结果，2022年开展了有史以来第一次由美国牙科院校协会牵头的联合气候研究。本论文的目的是描述这项气候研究的时间线，并提供有关其方法的信息，具体包括：（a）参与本研究的人员；（b）评估的内容；（c）研究的开展方式；（d）研究结果的传达方式。
2021年，咨询公司非营利人力资源公司、美国牙科院校协会牙科教育气候评估协作组织的成员以及校园联络人共同合作设计了2022年由美国牙科院校协会牵头的气候研究。
2022年1月1日至3月31日期间，在美国（N = 16,518）、加拿大（N = 1042）和波多黎各（N = 145）收集了来自牙科学校和相关牙科项目的10,281名学生、2591名工作人员、4026名教师、359名管理人员以及443名兼具教师职位的管理人员的调查数据。评估了受访者的社会身份信息，包括性别认同、种族/民族、性取向和能力状况。调查问题集中于评估受访者对其所在机构气候的看法/体验以及其包容程度。问卷收集了有关他们的幸福感、归属感和文化能力、他们对骚扰和歧视的看法/体验、他们所在机构的多样性、公平性和包容性相关的项目、活动及领导实践等方面的信息。研究还特别关注了数据的收集方式以及研究结果如何与参与研究的学术机构和整个牙科教育界分享。
2022年美国牙科院校协会气候研究的特定机构结果已与参与研究的牙科学校和相关牙科项目分享，以便它们更好地了解自身的文化氛围。《牙科教育杂志》的这一特刊为牙科教育工作者提供了对有史以来第一次由美国牙科院校协会牵头的美国和加拿大牙科学校及相关牙科项目气候研究结果的概述。
