Dental education in a flat world: Advocating for increased global collaboration and standardization

Journal of Dental Education

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 408-420

  Donaldson, Martin E ^a   Gadbury Amyot, Cynthia C ^b   Khajotia, Sharukh S ^c   Nattestad, Anders ^d   Norton, Neil S ^e   Zubiaurre, Laureen A ^f   Turner, Sharon P ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE PACIFIC   (United States)

^e CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals

^g UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY COLLEGE OF DENTISTRY   (United States)

Author keywords

Accreditation; Dental education; Globalization; Licensure; Technology

Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CONSENSUS; DENTAL EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL MODEL; EUROPEAN UNION; FORECASTING; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; LICENSING; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

ACCREDITATION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CONSENSUS; EDUCATION, DENTAL; EUROPEAN UNION; FORECASTING; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; LICENSURE, DENTAL; MODELS, EDUCATIONAL; SOCIETIES; UNITED STATES; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 44049091711     PISSN: 00220337     EISSN: 19307837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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