Biomedical subjects

J Eisner

Publications and source records attributed to J Eisner.

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PubMed1992

DentLE. The dental learning environment: a prototype.

The State University of New York at Buffalo School of Dental Medicine was awarded a 'Model Curriculum' grant through the USPHS Bureau of Health Professions Education. The award was provided in support of the School's ongoing effort to design a 'model electronic curriculum' for the health professions. The project's development is described from its grounding in critical thinking and problem solving to a discussion of its features including the organization of its knowledge base, the layout of its computer-based oral health record, and its navigation features.

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PubMed1992

DentLE. The Dental Learning Environment: a prototype demonstration.

DentLE, the Dental Learning Environment is a hypermedia software system being prototyped as part of a research and development project at the State University of New York at Buffalo School of Dental Medicine. The design seeks to reach beyond single discipline software or cases, and integrate a range of patient problems within a comprehensive dental knowledge base. The approach is to use computer and hypermedia technology to weave together the disciplines of dentistry so that learning occurs in relation to patients, as they appear in the real world. The DentLE system prototype allows the learner to explore information in all the disciplines related to patient problems, as well as other information including "blind alleys" and results of curiosity.

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PubMed1992

Changes and challenges in Canadian dental faculties.

Canadian dental faculty were surveyed to determine changing career interests, sources of satisfaction, and professional development needs. The respondents indicated a desire to change the proportion of time allocated to their major responsibilities in ways that could create serious problems for dental faculties, i.e. more time on research, with less time on teaching and administration. While most reported teaching as a source of satisfaction and happiness, relatively few reported it as recognized and rewarded. The different status accorded to teachers, clinicians, and researchers, as reflected in the division of workload and rewards have created dissatisfaction among faculty, perhaps contributing to the fact that over 50 percent of respondents reported considering leaving academia. Faculties of Dentistry must determine what is required to reestablish a productive and enjoyable balance among their roles as teacher, researcher, and clinician and to determine what type of environment will best support the development of today's dental academics and tomorrow's dentists.

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PubMed1992

Instructional and information technology initiatives: the potential for delivery.

An attempt has been made to discuss some of the issues and opportunities which lie ahead as dental educators, their institutions, and our national associations prepare for the expected growth in the instructional and informational technologies that curriculum reform and technological advances will promote. The issues stem from a perceived need to collectively deliver products, as well as discuss issues, within our associations. While most national professional associations are well equipped to focus on questions of policy rather than the production of specific products, I believe there is a real potential for the successful pursuit of both within dental education.

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PubMed1990