Changing Culture: Research/Scholarly Curriculum Track

描述：（由申请人提供）本提案旨在改变研究型非密集型牙科学校和牙科教育的文化，使其培养对研究/发现的欣赏，对学术/研究职业的兴趣，以及将生物医学/临床进步应用于实践。一个全面的新课程已被设计，以支持学生的研究和学术活动，在所有四年的牙科教育。课程消除了以学科为基础的课程，并整合了生物医学、行为和临床科学，形成了跨学科的内容轨道。来自这些领域的教师一起教学，是整个四年课程中教育结构的一个组成部分。正式的发展计划为教师提供培训和必要的技能，以提供以研究为导向的基于证据的牙科教育方法。最重要的是，新课程包括了一个研究/学术轨道，这不是一个“附加”或后来的想法，相反，它是一个专门的时间部分，让所有牙科学生接触到传统上不包括在牙科课程中的主题，包括牙科研究/学术职业、研究生教育/培训机会、信息学/信息资源、科学文献、科学写作、研究设计、研究伦理/诚信、生物统计学、基因检测/风险评估，以及通过病例查房和结构化文献综述将生物医学/临床科学应用于实践。此外，所有感兴趣的学生保持满意的学术和临床进展，有资格在当地和国家站点进行为期1-3个月的“实践”指导经验。这些研究/学术经历是为每个学生单独安排的，这样学生就可以不参加课程的其他部分，并且没有任何困难或惩罚。要验证的假设是，包含专门研究/学术轨道的牙科课程将培养对研究/发现的欣赏，对学术/研究事业的兴趣，以及将生物医学/临床进步应用于实践。该项目的具体目标包括：1)设计内容和指导学生的研究/学术经历；2)提供教师发展活动；3)方案评价；4)项目信息和成果的传播作为非集约型研究机构的潜在模式。

DESCRIPTION: (provided by the applicant) This proposal is an approach to changing the culture of research non-intensive dental schools and dental education such that they foster an appreciation of research/discovery, an interest in academic/research careers, and application of biomedical/clinical advances to practice. A comprehensive new curriculum has been designed to support student research and scholarly activity throughout all four years of dental education. The curriculum eliminates discipline-based courses and is structured into interdisciplinary content tracks integrating biomedical, behavioral, and clinical sciences. Faculty from these areas teach together and are an integral part of the educational fabric during the entire four-year curriculum. Formal development programs provide faculty with training and necessary skill sets required to deliver a research oriented evidence-based approach to dental education. Most importantly, the new curriculum includes a research/scholarly track that is not an "add-on" or afterthought, rather, it is a dedicated portion of the time that exposes all dental students to topics not traditionally included in dental curricula including careers in dental research/academics, post-graduate education/training opportunities, informatics/information resources, scientific literature, scientific writing, research design, research ethics/integrity, biostatistics, genetic testing/risk assessment, and application of biomedical/clinical science to practice through case-based rounds and structured literature reviews. Additionally, all interested students maintaining satisfactory academic and clinical progress are eligible for "hands-on" mentored experiences of 1-3 months in duration at local and national sites. These research/scholarly experiences are individually structured for each student such that students are excused from other parts of the curriculum and participate without hardship or penalty. The hypothesis to be tested is that a dental curriculum containing a dedicated research/scholarly track will foster an appreciation of research/discovery, an interest in academic/research careers, and the application of biomedical/clinical advances to practice. The specific aims of the project involve: 1) designing content and mentored student research/scholarly experiences; 2) providing faculty development activities; 3) program evaluation; and 4) dissemination of program information and outcomes as a potential model for research non-intensive institutions.