ABSTRACT
This report presents the results of a small workgroup convened by the American Association of Dental Schools to examine experiences related to postdoctoral general dentistry programs linked with managed care systems and clinical settings. The workgroup was a component of an Association effort to identify and promote innovative and nontraditional methods by which the number of postdoctoral general dentistry (PGD) positions can be increased to meet current demand for PGD education. The participants identified factors and conditions that they believed to be critical to the planning, development, and conduct of PGD programs with substantial linkages with managed care systems and settings. The information should be helpful to others as they consider opportunities to establish PGD programs or increase their number of PGD training positions.
Subject(s)
Education, Dental, Graduate/methods , General Practice, Dental/education , Managed Care Programs , Academic Medical Centers , Education, Dental, Graduate/economics , Education, Dental, Graduate/organization & administration , Focus Groups , Hospitals, Teaching , Humans , Kentucky , Managed Care Programs/economics , Managed Care Programs/legislation & jurisprudence , Managed Care Programs/organization & administration , Maryland , Minnesota , North Carolina , Organizational Objectives , Program Evaluation , Schools, Dental , Societies, Dental , Training Support , WorkforceABSTRACT
A survey of all U.S. and Canadian medical schools was undertaken to assess the current extent and nature of instruction in dental topics for medical students. The perceived importance of including such instruction in the undergraduate medical curriculum was ascertained, and barriers to teaching dental topics to medical students were identified.
