Reforming dental education: Faculty members' perceptions on the continuation of pipeline program changes

Journal of Dental Education

Volumn 72, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1472-1480

  Thind, Amardeep ^a,d   Atchison, Kathryn A ^b   Andersen, Ronald M ^c   Nakazono, Terry T ^c   Gutierrez, John J ^c  

^a WESTERN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Extramural rotations; Faculty perceptions; Pipeline program; URM LI recruitment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL COMPETENCE; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL EDUCATION; DENTAL STUDENT; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MINORITY GROUP; ORGANIZATION; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PUBLIC RELATIONS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COMMUNITY DENTISTRY; COMMUNITY-INSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; CULTURAL COMPETENCY; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; EDUCATION, DENTAL; FACULTY, DENTAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MINORITY GROUPS; ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION; PERSONNEL SELECTION; PRECEPTORSHIP; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SCHOOL ADMISSION CRITERIA; SCHOOLS, DENTAL; STUDENTS, DENTAL; TRAINING SUPPORT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 58849166858     PISSN: 00220337     EISSN: 19307837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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