ADEA CCI Resources

ADEA CCI 2.0

An Adapted Framework for Incorporating the Social Determinants of Health into Predoctoral Dental Curricula
Journal of Dental Education | February 2019

Social determinants of health (SDH) impact the overall health and well-being of the entire population. It is imperative to train future health care professionals to develop an understanding of the impact of these determinants, so they can provide contextual treatment more conscious of the culturally, racially, and socioeconomically diverse populations they will care for during their careers. Read more. 

Change Management in Dental Education: A Professional Learning Community
Journal of Dental Education | June 2018

Professional learning communities (PLCs) are de ned as “a group of people sharing and critically interrogating their practice in an ongoing, re ective, collaborative, inclusive, learning-oriented, growth-promoting way.” PLCs have been found to be an effective change management strategy in business and education when confronted by rapid change. Read more. 

Change is Still Here
Webinar | April 11, 2018

This 30-minute webinar gave ADEA CCI Liaisons an update on the progress of the ADEA CCI 2.0, its goals moving forward and information on the 2018 ADEA CCI Liaisons' Summer Meeting.

Integrating Social Determinants of Health into Dental Curricula: An Interprofessional Approach
Journal of Dental Education | March 2018

Consider this scenario: Taylor Carter is a 61-year-old homeless woman who was found passed out on the curb in a snowstorm without a coat. Emergency responders found her smelling of alcohol, incoherent, holding her hand to her left jaw, and moaning with dental pain. An interprofessional team meets her at the emergency room. What does the team need to consider for her assessment and care? Read more. 

 

Social Determinants of Health: An Essential Element in Dental Education
Journal of Dental Education | March 2018

The World Health Organization (WHO) has defined social determinants of health (SDH) as “the conditions in which people are born, grow, live, work, and age.” SDH emphasizes that social, physical, and psychosocial environments are the contextual components that impact proximal factors such as individual behavior and lifestyle choices, which in turn lead to optimal or poor health. Read more. 

Person-Centered Care: Opportunities and Challenges for Academic Dental Institutions and Programs
Journal of Dental Education | November 2017

Many readers may be familiar with patient-centered care, but they may not be familiar with the concept of person centered care. Person-centered care implies knowing the patient as a person, not as just another patient or as a clinical requirement in dental school. Read more. 

Person-Centered Care: The GPS to Overall Health
Journal of Dental Education | November 2017

During my childhood, I remember my grandfather’s use of a magnetic compass as a guide when we hiked in the wooded areas of upstate New York. Because he’d grown up in New York City, he viewed the acres of forest on which he built his home as a new frontier. “This is all you need to travel the world,” he would say, trusting in the science supporting the Earth’s magnetic field, coupled with his own observations and experiences “knowing true north.”  Read more. 

Change Is Here: ADEA CCI 2.0—A Learning Community for the Advancement of Dental Education
Journal of Dental Education | June 2017

How “future-ready” are our dental education programs? It is exciting but also daunting to consider that the students and residents currently in predoctoral dental, allied dental, and advanced dental education programs will be caring for patients through 2050 and beyond. Read more. 

Renewing Our Commitment to the Future of Dental Education: ADEA CCI 2.0  
Journal of Dental Education | March 2017

The ADEA Board of Directors reviewed the progress of the ADEA CCI in 2016, determining there had been immense success as a result of the Commission’s work since 2005 and that it was the appropriate time to renew the Association’s commitment to change and innovation in dental education. Read more. 

ADEA CCI 1.0

Beyond the Crossroads: Change and Innovation in Dental Education
2009

The book compiles 22 papers published originally in the Journal of Dental Education (JDE), which were commissioned by the ADEA CCI to stimulate dialogue about the future directions of dental education and help support curricular innovation. View the JDE articles.  

ADEA CCI White Papers
2005 – 2008 

Between 2005 and 2008, the Journal of Dental Education published a series of white papers commissioned by the ADEA CCI.

Competencies for the New General Dentist
2008

Competencies for the New General Dentist constructs the competencies for a new general dentist as an interdisciplinary model with thematic units rather than as discipline-specific courses and identifies foundation knowledge for each competency as well as the knowledge that should be a prerequisite to admission to dental school.

Critical Thinking Skills Toolbox
2008

Learning how to teach students to use critical thinking skills requires fundamental shifts in beliefs about and planning for teaching. Some dental educators ask, "What does critical thinking look like in the clinic? In the classroom? How do I successfully teach students to use critical thinking skills when they don't read before class or attend class regularly?" This toolkit is designed to begin answering those questions.

Dental Student Assessment Toolbox
2006

This Dental Student Assessment Toolbox was created to assist dental educators with the critical yet challenging task of determining the optimal methods for assessing students’ progression toward and ultimate attainment of the competencies designated as necessary for the entry-level practice of general dentistry.