Infusing Science and Research into the Dental School Curriculum at OHSU

描述(申请人提供)：2004年，OHSU牙科学院院长杰克·克林顿博士发起了一项雄心勃勃的计划，从战略上改变我们培养牙医的方式。由基础和临床科学教师和学生组成的三个委员会对课程、研究计划和教育技术的使用进行了严格的评估。出现了两个主要项目：一个是全面重组课程，另一个是扩大临床培训计划。我们致力于在2009年的下一次认证现场访问之前将这些变化落实到位。R25奖项将使我们能够在整个课程和我们的诊所加强研究文化，为我们的学生和临床教师发展研究经验，并培训我们的教师在诊所加强科学和研究概念。时机恰到好处。这项建议的主要目标是1)通过研讨会和团队项目加强研究素养和对科学证据的依赖，以及2)在临床、临床前和实验室环境中发展一套多样化的研究助理和选修课。具体目标是：1)开展以临床为重点的批判性思维、科学推理和整个课程中科学证据整合的工作坊和研讨会；2)开发途径，让学生在我们的牙科诊所、以实践为基础的研究网络以及研究和教学实验室中参与重要和相关的研究经验；以及3)创建教员充实计划，向教员灌输科学和研究的概念和方法，使他们能够在整个课程中强化这些原则。这项建议的指导原则是在俄亥俄州立大学牙科学院创造一种研究文化。掌握科学推理、批判性思维和科学证据整合概念的牙科学生，将在其职业生涯中提供更高质量的循证医疗服务。他们将参与以实践为基础的研究网络，审查自己实践的结果，要求在继续教育中提供更多科学证据，并对新材料、新设备和新程序提出更多批评。他们将把牙科实践提升到新的卓越水平。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): In 2004, the dean of the OHSU School of Dentistry, Dr. Jack Clinton, launched an ambitious initiative to strategically change the way we train dentists. Three committees, comprised of basic and clinical science faculty and students, critically assessed the curriculum, research program, and use of educational technology. Two primary projects emerged: one is a complete restructuring of the curriculum and the other is an expansion of the clinical training program. We are committed to having these changes in place by our next accreditation site visit in 2009. An R25 award will enable us to strengthen the culture of research across the curriculum and in our clinics, develop research experiences for our students and clinical faculty, and train our faculty to reinforce science and research concepts in the clinics. The timing is perfect. The primary goals of this proposal are to 1) strengthen research literacy and the dependence on scientific evidence through workshops and team projects, and 2) develop a diverse set of research clerkships and electives in clinical, pre-clinical, and laboratory settings. The specific aims are: 1) to develop workshops and seminars in clinically focused critical thinking, scientific reasoning, and integration of scientific evidence across the curriculum; 2) to develop pathways for students to participate in significant and relevant research experiences in our dental clinics, practice-based research networks, and research and teaching laboratories; and 3) to create faculty enrichment programs to refresh faculty with science and research concepts and methods to enable them to reinforce these principles across the curriculum. The guiding principle for this proposal is to create a culture of research at the School of Dentistry at OHSU. Dental students who master the concepts of scientific reasoning, critical thinking and integration of scientific evidence will provide higher quality evidence-based health care throughout their careers. They will participate in practice-based research networks, review outcomes from their own practices, demand more scientific evidence in continuing education, and be more critical of new materials, devices and procedures. They will raise the practice of dentistry to new levels of excellence.