title: Community-based dental education: history, current status, and future.
abstract: This article examines the history, current status, and future direction of community-based dental education (CBDE). The key issues addressed include the reasons that dentistry developed a different clinical education model than the other health professions; how government programs, private medical foundations, and early adopter schools influenced the development of CBDE; the societal and financial factors that are leading more schools to increase the time that senior dental students spend in community programs; the impact of CBDE on school finances and faculty and student perceptions; and the reasons that CBDE is likely to become a core part of the clinical education of all dental graduates.
authors.affiliation: College of Dental Medicine, Columbia University, Columbia University Medical Center, 630 W. 168 Street, Box 100, New York, NY 10032, USA. ajf3@columbia.edu
authors.forename: Allan J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Formicola
authors.forename: Howard L
authors.initials: HL
authors.lastname: Bailit
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D002983:Clinical Competence; D003149:Community Dentistry / Q000191:economics / Q000193:education* / Q000266:history; D003159:Community-Institutional Relations; D018864:Cultural Diversity; D003479:Curriculum; D004497:Education, Dental / Q000191:economics / Q000266:history / Q000458:organization & administration*; D005380:Financing, Government; D005544:Forecasting; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D006801:Humans; D007396:Internship and Residency / Q000458:organization & administration; D008507:Medically Underserved Area; D017145:Models, Educational; D011231:Preceptorship / Q000266:history; D014146:Training Support; D014481:United States