title: The dental education environment.
abstract: The second in a series of perspectives from the ADEA Commission on Change and Innovation in Dental Education (CCI), this article presents the CCI's view of the dental education environment necessary for effective change. The article states that the CCI's purpose is related to leading and building consensus in the dental community to foster a continuous process of innovative change in the education of general dentists. Principles proposed by CCI to shape the dental education environment are described; these are critical thinking, lifelong learning, humanistic environment, scientific discovery and integration of knowledge, evidence-based oral health care, assessment, faculty development, and the health care team. The article also describes influences external to the academic dental institutions that are important for change and argues that meaningful and long-lasting change must be systemic in nature. The CCI is ADEA's primary means to engage all stakeholders for the purpose of educating lifelong learners to provide evidence-based care to meet the needs of society.
authors.affiliation: Academy for Academic Leadership, 1870 The Exchange, Suite 100, Atlanta, GA 30339, USA. khaden@academicleaders.org
authors.forename: N Karl
authors.initials: NK
authors.lastname: Haden
authors.forename: Sandra C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Andrieu
authors.forename: D Gregory
authors.initials: DG
authors.lastname: Chadwick
authors.forename: Jacqueline E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Chmar
authors.forename: James R
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authors.lastname: Cole
authors.forename: Mary C
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authors.lastname: Glickman
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authors.lastname: Glover
authors.forename: Jerold S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Goldberg
authors.forename: William D
authors.initials: WD
authors.lastname: Hendricson
authors.forename: Cyril
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authors.lastname: Meyerowitz
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authors.lastname: Neumann
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authors.lastname: Pyle
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authors.lastname: Tedesco
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authors.lastname: Valachovic
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authors.lastname: Weaver
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authors.lastname: Winder
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authors.lastname: Kalkwarf
mesh_terms: D003479:Curriculum; D004497:Education, Dental / Q000379:methods / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000639:trends*; D004521:Educational Measurement; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D006801:Humans; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D017145:Models, Educational; D015279:Organizational Culture; D009936:Organizational Innovation; D018794:Problem-Based Learning; D012931:Social Environment