ADEE Consultation on Content Statements for Environmental Sustainability

Published research and discussions at ADEE meetings have demonstrated that significant barriers exist for embedding Environmental Sustainability in the undergraduate Oral Health Professional (OHP) curriculum.

These barriers largely relate to:

• A lack of practical guidance to embed this topic in the curriculum
• Limited time in the curriculum to embed new concepts
• A lack of knowledge or expertise to teach Environmental Sustainability

In order to support educators in overcoming these barriers, evidence-based and subject-specific content statements have been developed and are presented below. These statements have been mapped to all subjects within the OHP curriculum. It is envisaged that educators will take these content statements and incorporate them into the curriculum subject or educational event as they see fit. The aim is to create the content for a syllabus of Environmental Sustainability in Oral Healthcare that is consistent on an international basis and facilitate educators to integrate (both horizontally and vertically) this concept within their local curriculum.  

The statements are categorised into two separate tables that are to be used by the educational institutions in a complementary manner.

• Table 1:  Content statements that are generalisable across all clinical subjects.
• Table 2: Content statements that are specifically relevant to a small number of curriculum subjects.

Please read through both tables, consider the applicability of the statement, either as a generic or subject-specific item. Please provide any suggestions for improvement at the end of this form. Thank you very much, your input is greatly appreciated.