Browsing by Author "Davies, Julia"

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    COVID-19 : The immediate response of european academic dental institutions and future implications for dental education
    (2020-11-01) Quinn, Barry; Field, James; Gorter, Ronald; Akota, Ilze; Manzanares, Maria Cristina; Paganelli, Corrado; Davies, Julia; Dixon, Jonathan; Gabor, Gerber; Amaral Mendes, Rui; Hahn, Petra; Vital, Sibylle; O’Brien, Judith; Murphy, Denis; Tubert-Jeannin, Stéphanie; Rīga Stradiņš University
    The COVID-19 pandemic has had an immediate and dramatic impact on dental education. The Association of Dental Education in Europe decided to carry out an investigation to assess the immediate response of European Academic Dental Institutions. An online survey was sent to both member and non-member dental schools to investigate the impact on non-clinical and clinical education, assessment and the well-being/pastoral care measures implemented. The preliminary findings and discussion are presented in this paper, for the responses collected between the 25 March and 5 April 2020. The survey at this time of publication is ongoing, and detailed results can be accessed https://adee.org/covid-19-european-dental-education%E2%80%99s-immediate-response.
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    O-HEALTH-EDU : A viewpoint into the current state of Oral Health Professional education in Europe: Part 1: Programme-level data
    (2024-05) Dixon, Jonathan; Field, James; Vital, Sibylle; van Harten, Maria; Roger-Leroi, Valerie; Davies, Julia; Manzanares-Cespedes, Maria Cristina; Akota, Ilze; Murphy, Denis; Paganelli, Corrado; Gerber, Gabor; Quinn, Barry; Tubert-Jeannin, Stephanie; Rīga Stradiņš University
    Introduction: Current legislation leaves Oral Health Professional (OHP) education open to wide interpretation and may result in significant variation in educational practice and resultant professional attributes across Europe. Data regarding the current state of OHP education across Europe is limited. The aim of Part 1 of this series is to provide programme-level data for Primary Dental Degree Programmes, Dental Hygiene and Postgraduate Education. Methods: A 91-item questionnaire was developed following the Delphi method. The questionnaire and the Articulate glossary of OHP education terms were developed concurrently to facilitate a common understanding of language. Piloting was performed in multiple stages and included institutions internal and external to the research group. The questionnaire was uploaded online and converted to a data hub, allowing dental schools to control their own data and update the data provided whenever they wish. All ADEE member schools (n = 144) were invited to provide data. Forty questions relating to school details, Primary Dental Degree Programmes, Dental Hygiene and Postgraduate Education were included in this part of the series. Results: Seventy-one institutions from 25 European countries provided data between June 2021 and April 2023, which represents a response rate of 49.3% of ADEE members. Programme-level data for Primary Dental Degree Programmes, Dental Hygiene and Postgraduate Education is presented including programme length, funding, languages and fees, student numbers and demographics, student admission and selection processes and permission to practice after graduation. Conclusion: This series of papers, as far as the authors are aware, are the first attempts to build a comprehensive picture of the current state of OHP education in Europe. A comprehensive view of the state of OHP education in Europe is not yet available but the O-Health-Edu data hub provides a means for all education providers in Europe to contribute data to reach this goal. It is anticipated that the data hub will be updated and built upon over time to continually establish a clearer picture of the state of OHP education in Europe.
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    O-Health-Edu : A viewpoint into the current state of oral health professional education in Europe: Part 2: Curriculum structure, facilities, staffing and quality assurance
    (2024-05) Dixon, Jonathan; Tubert-Jeannin, Stephanie; Davies, Julia; van Harten, Maria; Roger-Leroi, Valerie; Vital, Sibylle; Paganelli, Corrado; Akota, Ilze; Manzanares-Cespedes, Maria Cristina; Murphy, Denis; Gerber, Gabor; Quinn, Barry; Field, James; Rīga Stradiņš University
    Introduction: Oral health professional (OHP) education is likely to vary across Europe in accordance with an EU directive that is open to broad interpretation. It is not clear how OHP curricula are structured or delivered across Europe. The objectives of Part 2 of this paper series are: (i) to provide an overview of common practices in curriculum structure, the availability of facilities, staffing (faculty) and quality assurance processes and (ii) to consider how the existing programme structures align to stakeholder guidance documents. Methods: A total of 27 questions from a 91-item questionnaire were used for this manuscript. The questionnaire was developed following the Delphi method to establish consensus from a group of experts. Members of the research team and colleagues from other countries in Europe completed a multi-step piloting process. An online data hub was created to allow the respondents to be data controllers and respond to the questionnaire. ADEE member schools (n = 144) were invited to provide data. Results: Totally, 71 institutions from 25 European countries provided data between June 2021 and April 2023, which represents a response rate of 49.3% of ADEE members. Data on curriculum approaches, teaching methods, integration of topics of interest, clinical education, staff–student ratios, access to facilities and new technologies, teaching staff (faculty) and quality assurance processes are presented for Primary Dental Degree Programmes. Conclusion: To the best of our knowledge, this series of papers are the first attempts to provide a comprehensive overview of OHP education in Europe. Results showed that the majority of European dental programmes are engaged in providing innovative and scientifically grounded education in order to develop quality future OHPs. Nevertheless, significant variability in the delivery of clinical education across the European OHP schools was notable in this dataset. A comprehensive view of the state of OHP education in Europe is not yet available but the O-Health-Edu data hub provides a means for all education providers in Europe to contribute data to reach this goal. It is anticipated that the data hub will be updated and built upon over time to continually establish a clearer picture of the state of OHP education in Europe.
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    O-Health-Edu : A vision for oral health professional education in Europe
    (2023-05) Field, James; Dixon, Jonathan; Davies, Julia; Quinn, Barry; Murphy, Denis; Vital, Sibylle; Paganelli, Corrado; Akota, Ilze; Gerber, Gabor; Roger-Leroi, Valerie; Manzanares-Cespedes, Maria Cristina; Tubert-Jeannin, Stephanie; Rīga Stradiņš University
    This consensus paper reports on the process of developing a renewed vision for Oral Health Professional (OHP) education across Europe, and forms part of a larger EU-funded collaborative Erasmus+ project, “O-Health-Edu.” The vision aligns with the World Health Organisation milestones (2016) and resolutions (2021), and EU4Health programme (2020) objectives - and projects 20 years into the future, to 2040. This longitudinal vision takes a multi-stakeholder perspective to deliver OHP education that acts in the best interests of both students and patients, and sits within the context of a wider strategy for general health. Included, it is an infographic to help communicate the vision to various stakeholders of OHP education.