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R S Mackenzie

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PubMed1990

The Pew National Dental Education Program at the University of Florida College of Dentistry.

The University of Florida College of Dentistry is located in a dynamic environment. Socially, economically, and demographically, the state of Florida manifests changes reflective of the entire nation, i.e., increasing numbers of elderly and minorities, a fluctuating, diversified economy, and altered cultural values. The explosive growth unique to this state has both positive and negative implications for all aspects of its culture and economy. The college resides in a maturing, research-oriented university facing vigorous competition from other major universities in the state. Within the Health Science Center, the college was occupied during the first decade of its existence with development of an innovative curriculum, and now it must turn its attention to a new emphasis on research and service. A process of strategic planning was conducted at the University of Florida College of Dentistry from January 1986 through June 1987. Four consultant groups representing the college, the university, organized dentistry in Florida, and outside consultants, were guided by a steering committee in a thorough evaluation of the external and internal environment of the institution.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)

Education, Dental↗
PubMed1986

Grant writing and review for dental faculty.

Clinicians need to engage in scholarly activities to fulfill their university role. Current conditions within academia suggest that a good activity for practicing scientific skills is in the writing and reviewing of grant proposals. It is also important that writing for publication shares many of the same skills. This paper provides a guide for producing and reviewing grant proposals based on scientific merit.

Budgets↗
PubMed1979

An analysis of behavioral contingencies in clinical teaching.

Principles of a contingency management were applied in analyzing student reports on clinical instruction. In behavioral science, a contingency is a relationship between a behavior and its effect. The analysis identifies contingencies arranged by clinical instructors that unintentionally interfere with learning. The faculty responded to the findings by planing changes to overcome the problems identified. Prior to the study, many of the problems uncovered were not recognized by the faculty. Students are usually not open about such sensitives areas of feedback. If dental faculty members of other institutions do not feel that similar findings apply to their schools, the authors recommend that they conduct an analogous study.

Attitude↗
PubMed1977

Essential features of a faculty evaluation program.

A faculty evaluation system should be developed by cooperation between evaluation specialists and dental faculty. The system should depend on a broad spectrum of data collected from a variety of sources in order to reduce personal bias and subjective judgments concerning the performance of all faculty members. Its primary purpose should be to help faculty improve and to this end should be linked to both a faculty development program and a reward system. The criteria for each faculty member's evaluation should be clearly specified in advance and be directly linked to his duties. Department and college goals must be considered as well as the individual faculty member's own interests. Standards or criteria for both rewards and sanctions should be clearly defined, and guidelines for the operation of the system should be given to each participant. The system itself should not cost more than the benefits derived from it justify, and adequate resources should be allocated to make the system effective.

Costs and Cost Analysis↗
PubMed1977

Teaching clinical judgment in periodontics.

Clinical judgment is a complex process that is difficult to develop. It is the essence of the health professional, yet most dental curricula do not emphasize the learning of the judgmental process. In this paper the judgmental process is analyzed into three components: input, mediation, and output. Following the analysis, suggestions for using these components are presented in four instructional phases: the introductory phase, the initial guidance phase, the application phase, and the feedback phase. While the illustrations used are drawn from periodontics, the principles are generalizable to the teaching of all clinical disciplines.

Clinical Competence↗
PubMed1976

Impact of a conference institute taught by individualized instruction.

The results indicate that a CI based on individualized, flexible instruction succeeded in aiding acquisition and retention of new knowledge, fostering interactions between dental educators interested in educational research, augmenting a positive feeling toward educational research, and changing the subsequent professional activities of the participants. Data collected and analyzed during a five-year period following a five-week CI on educational research indicate the following: 1. The participants acquire, retain, and use an appreciable amount of information taught in a brief time period. 2. Instructional materials sent in advance for voluntary study have little influence on acquisition of knowledge. 3. Informal interactions between participants are an important part of the learning process at a CI. 4. Activities at the home institution do not shift to new broad categories to any appreciable extent, but changes in specific activities directly related to the goals of the CI were observed.

Attitude of Health Personnel↗
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Computer content analysis of applied biological knowledge in dentistry.

The study suggests that the Inquirer II System used by computers in content analysis of (textual) specific written material has value for longitudinal studies. The research findings indicate that the application of the computer in content analysis requires considerable effort in the preparation of materials and specifications of directions to the computer; standardizes data analysis, thus reducing subjective error in replication of studies; reduced measurement error in longitudinal studies, giving greater stability and power to statistical comparison; classified data as it is collected, quickly and reliably, while tabulating statistical information; reduced costs compared to human coders when used with large amounts of data; and competes effectively with human coders in terms of reliability and validity.

Abstracting and Indexing↗