New Dental Accreditation Standard on Critical Thinking: A Call for Learning Models, Outcomes, Assessments. Issue 10 (1st October 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Johnsen, David C.; Williams, John N.; Baughman, Pauletta Gay; Roesch, Darren M.; Feldman, Cecile A.
• Is Part Of: Journal of dental education. Volume 79:Issue 10(2015)
• Page Start: 1137
• Page End: 1139
• Publication Date: 2015-10-01
• Subjects: dental education -- accreditation -- critical thinking -- thinking -- problem‐solving -- educational measurement; Dentistry -- Study and teaching -- Periodicals; Dentistry -- Study and teaching; Education, Dental; Dentisterie -- Étude et enseignement -- Périodiques; Tandheelkunde; Onderwijs; Periodicals; Periodical; Electronic journals; 617.6007
• DOI: 10.1002/j.0022-0337.2015.79.10.tb06007.x
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0022-0337

Abstract

Abstract : This opinion article applauds the recent introduction of a new dental accreditation standard addressing critical thinking and problem‐solving, but expresses a need for additional means for dental schools to demonstrate they are meeting the new standard because articulated outcomes, learning models, and assessments of competence are still being developed. Validated, research‐based learning models are needed to define reference points against which schools can design and assess the education they provide to their students. This article presents one possible learning model for this purpose and calls for national experts from within and outside dental education to develop models that will help schools define outcomes and assess performance in educating their students to become practitioners who are effective critical thinkers and problem‐solvers.