Quality assurance and benchmarking: An approach for European dental schools

European Journal of Dental Education

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 137-143

  Jones, M L ^a   Hobson, R S ^b   Plasschaert, A J M ^c   Gundersen, S ^d   Dummer, P ^e   Roger Leroi, V ^f   Sidlauskas, A ^g   Hamlin, J ^e  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^e CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^f UFR Odontologie 11   (France)

^g KAUNAS UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Lithuania)

Author keywords

Benchmarking; Dental curriculum; Dental education; DentEd; Quality assurance; Quality in education

Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION; ARTICLE; CURRICULUM; DENTAL EDUCATION; DENTAL STUDENT; EUROPE; EUROPEAN UNION; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PEER REVIEW; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUALITY CONTROL; STANDARD; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

ACCREDITATION; BENCHMARKING; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, DENTAL; EUROPE; EUROPEAN UNION; FACULTY, DENTAL; FEEDBACK; GUIDELINES; HUMANS; PEER REVIEW; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SCHOOLS, DENTAL; STUDENTS, DENTAL; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 34748860381     PISSN: 13965883     EISSN: 16000579     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0579.2007.00446.x     Document Type: Article

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