Navigating Dental Education Trends and Transforming Dental Pedagogy (Taylor & Francis Proceedings in Healthcare and Pharmaceutical Sciences)

This volume offers a comprehensive examination of contemporary trends, pioneering innovations, and pressing challenges in dental education, spanning undergraduate and postgraduate curricula. It examines how training evolves to address the dynamic exigencies of clinical practice, technological convergence, and learner-centric paradigms. Key themes include: Curriculum design and outcome-based, competency-based, and choice-based education. Assessment strategies, mentorship, and interprofessional collaboration. Digital tools like simulation, gaming, and advanced diagnostics. Student, educator, and examiner perspectives on teaching, evaluation, and competencies. Clinical training, communication, professionalism, ethics, and care for special needs patients. Together, these chapters illustrate emerging best practices and practical solutions aimed at improving the quality, effectiveness, and relevance of dental education. This book is intended for dental educators, academic administrators, curriculum planners, postgraduate students, and researchers in health professions education. It will also be valuable to policymakers and clinicians interested in educational reform and evidence-informed teaching practices in dentistry.