title: Overview of issues facing dental education.
abstract: The Executive Director of the American Association of Dental Education discusses some of the major issues now facing dental education. These include: increasingly complex missions, faculty recruitment and retention, financing, student debt, postdoctoral education, lifelong learning, diversity, clinical education, research, trans-generational learning styles, globalization, and licensure.
authors.affiliation: American Dental Education Association, 1625 Massachusetts Ave., NW, Washington, DC 20036, USA. Valachovicr@adea.org
authors.forename: R W
authors.initials: RW
authors.lastname: Valachovic
mesh_terms: D018864:Cultural Diversity; D018865:Dental Research / Q000639:trends; D004497:Education, Dental / Q000639:trends*; D004498:Education, Dental, Continuing / Q000639:trends; D005179:Faculty, Dental; D006801:Humans; D007391:International Cooperation; D007858:Learning; D008005:Licensure, Dental / Q000639:trends; D014481:United States