Outreach teaching: is this the future for dental education?
Increasingly clinical teaching for all health professionals is moving out of teaching hospitals and into community settings. A recent workshop reviewed the place of outreach teaching in undergraduate dental education. This paper defines outreach teaching in terms of its main components; identifies its benefits for different stakeholders; sets out what is required to make it work; and looks at current trends offering opportunities for expansion.
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University Dental Hospital of Manchester, Higher Cambridge Street, Manchester M15 6FH. andrea.elkind@man.ac.uk
D003159:Community-Institutional Relations; D004497:Education, Dental / Q000379:methods / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000639:trends; D006801:Humans; D012575:Schools, Dental / Q000458:organization & administration; D013663:Teaching / Q000379:methods*; D006113:United Kingdom