Hershey H G
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 214 South Building, 27599-8000.
J Am Coll Dent. 1994 Fall-Winter;61(2):29-33.
Both higher education and the dental profession must seek to develop dentists who can combine technical competence with sensitivity to ethical and social concerns. Dental education and the overall higher education experience should seek to produce a practitioner who continues to develop as an ethical professional through ongoing learning, experience, and reflection. In pre-professional education, this goal requires integration of disciplinary content with consideration of contemporary issues that often provide the context for clarifying values and ethical behavior. As the knowledge explosion continues to splinter higher education into specialties and subcategories, attention must be given to integrating the campus as a learning community that promotes an interdisciplinary focus on societal issues. Higher education faculty serve as models for students in demonstrating the responsibility to relate one's area of professional expertise to broader ethical and social concerns.
高等教育和牙科专业都必须致力于培养能够将技术能力与对伦理和社会问题的敏感性相结合的牙医。牙科教育和整体高等教育经历应致力于培养一名从业者，该从业者通过持续学习、经验积累和反思，不断成长为一名有道德的专业人士。在职业前教育中，这一目标要求将学科内容与对当代问题的考量相结合，这些当代问题常常为阐明价值观和道德行为提供背景。随着知识爆炸持续将高等教育细分为各个专业和子类别，必须重视将校园打造为一个学习社区，促进对社会问题的跨学科关注。高等教育教师应成为学生的榜样，展示将个人专业领域与更广泛的伦理和社会问题相联系的责任。
