Engineering curriculum change at a private Midwest school of dental medicine: a faculty innovation.
The national dental educational environment has been sensitized to the changing needs of the profession and students, resulting in an agenda for curriculum change in a number of dental schools. This report discusses the impetus for change at a private Midwestern school that has begun a multiyear implementation of an innovative curriculum. The process by which the innovations have been instituted, while unique to this school, may provide insights for change at other dental schools.
Pyle
Marsha A
MA
Department of Oral Diagnosis and Radiology, Case Western Reserve University School of Dental Medicine, 10900 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44106-4905, USA. marsha.pyle@case.edu
Goldberg
Jerold S
JS
D003479:Curriculum; D005179:Faculty, Dental; D006801:Humans; D017145:Models, Educational; D009820:Ohio; D009936:Organizational Innovation; D012575:Schools, Dental; D012931:Social Environment