Faculty Articles

Training status and interest in certification of nondiplomate faculty dentists teaching pre-doctoral dental public health

Publication Title

Journal of Public Health Dentistry

ISSN

1752-7325

Publication Date

6-1-2001

Keywords

dental public health, dental education, graduate dental education, continuing dental education, dental faculty members, survey, dental specialty, curriculum, dentistry, dental schools

Abstract

OBJECTIVES:

A survey was conducted to better understand the training needs of faculty members without dental public health (DPH) specialty board certification who teach DPH to dental students.

METHODS:

An 11-item questionnaire was sent to 193 non-DPH diplomate faculty members at US dental schools who were dentists and at least one of the following: a member of the American Association of Dental Schools Community and Preventive Dentistry Section, a referral from an academic American Board of Dental Public Health diplomate, a DPH faculty listed on the school's Web pages, a DPH contact from the AADS Institutional Directory, or the school's dean if no other contact.

RESULTS:

A 70 percent response rate was obtained. Seventy-nine percent of the respondents taught at least one national board-related DPH topic. Among these faculty members, 67 percent have or are in training for the master of public health, 26 percent have completed or are in a DPH residency, and 63 percent desire training in one or more of the DPH topics. The majority (64%) does not plan to take the specialty exam, while 28 percent plan to take the exam within five years. About half reported no personal incentives to take the exam and 39 percent perceived no institutional incentives.

CONCLUSIONS:

These nondiplomate teachers of predoctoral DPH desire training, but appear to have barriers and perceive few benefits to achieving DPH board certification.

DOI

10.1111/j.1752-7325.2001.tb03375.x

Volume

61

Issue

2

First Page

114

Last Page

119

Disciplines

Dentistry

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