title: Dental education evaluation in China: a systematic review.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Accreditation of education is very important for maintaining and improving education quality. With the development of modern dental education, more and more attention is being paid to accreditation of dental education in China. Current accreditation of dental education in China is called "dental education evaluation". By using a systematic review, this paper aims to provide the general profile of the standards and process of dental education evaluation in China (DEEC).
  
  
  METHODS
  A systematic review on DEEC was performed, CAJD and VIP databases were employed to identify all literatures which were relevant to DEEC. Profile and features of DEEC were compared with those of the Accreditation Standards for Dental Education Programs of the USA (ASDEPU).
  
  
  RESULTS
  The current standards for the evaluation are composed of six modules and twenty-four items, the evaluation process consists of three stages There was some difference between DEEC and its American counterparts.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Accreditation on dental education is very important for the maintenance and improvement of education quality. As the primary form of dental education accreditation, DEEC is basically suitable for current dental education conditions in China, however, in order to keep pace with the changing conditions, both the standards and actions of DEEC should often be revised.
authors.forename: Jingyi
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Ying
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Xiaolong
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Ye
authors.forename: Cheng
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Xie
authors.forename: Xv
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Ge
authors.forename: Fan
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Lu
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Military Stomatology, Department of Operative Dentistry and Endodontics, School of Stomatology, the Fourth Military Medical University, 145 West Chang-le Road, Xi'an 710032, China. yuqing@fmmu.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Qing
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.forename: Hantang
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sun
mesh_terms: D000068:Accreditation; D002681:China; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D004497:Education, Dental; D006801:Humans; D014481:United States