Report on the development of a new dental curriculum at Helsinki

European Journal of Dental Education

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 23-30

  Kerosuo, Eero ^a,b   Ruotoistenmäki, Juha ^b   Murtomaa, Heikki ^b  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Care, comprehensive dental; Competence, clinical; Dental education; Educational measurement; Schools, dental

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CURRICULUM; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL CLINIC; DENTAL EDUCATION; DENTAL STUDENT; EDUCATION; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FINLAND; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LEARNING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; SCIENCE; STOMATOLOGY; TEACHING; TOOTH DISEASE;

ATTITUDE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNITY DENTISTRY; COMPREHENSIVE DENTAL CARE; CURRICULUM; DENTAL CLINICS; EDUCATION, DENTAL; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FEEDBACK; FINLAND; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LEARNING; ORAL MEDICINE; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SCIENCE; STUDENTS, DENTAL; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; TEACHING; TOOTH DISEASES;

EID: 0035258511     PISSN: 13965883     EISSN: 16000579     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0579.2001.005001023.x     Document Type: Article

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