U.S. dental students' and faculty members' attitudes about technology, instructional strategies, student diversity, and school duration: A comparative study

Journal of Dental Education

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 614-621

  Abdelkarim, Ahmad ^a   Benghuzzi, Hamed ^b   Hamadain, Elgenaid ^b   Tucci, Michelle ^c   Ford, Timothy ^d   Sullivan, Donna ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA AT MONROE   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical education; Community based dental education; Curriculum; Dental education; Diversity; Educational methodology; Problem based learning; Teaching methods

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL EDUCATION; COMMUNITY-BASED DENTAL EDUCATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CURRICULUM; DENTAL EDUCATION; DENTAL PROCEDURE; DENTAL RESEARCH; DENTAL STUDENT; DIVERSITY; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL METHODOLOGY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; INFORMATION SCIENCE; INTERNET; METHODOLOGY; PROBLEM BASED LEARNING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TEACHING; TEACHING METHODS; TIME; UNITED STATES;

CLINICAL EDUCATION; COMMUNITY-BASED DENTAL EDUCATION; CURRICULUM; DENTAL EDUCATION; DIVERSITY; EDUCATIONAL METHODOLOGY; PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING; TEACHING METHODS;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COMMUNITY DENTISTRY; COMPUTER LITERACY; COMPUTING METHODOLOGIES; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; DENTAL RESEARCH; EDUCATION, DENTAL; FACULTY, DENTAL; HUMANS; INFORMATION SCIENCE; INTERNET; PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING; STUDENTS, DENTAL; TEACHING; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84898720076     PISSN: 00220337     EISSN: 19307837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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