Association for Dental Education in Europe

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In Focus

Monday, 9th September 2024 - 16:30 to 18:00
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Timezone: 

CEST (Brussels Time)

Duration: 

90 Minutes

Venue: 

HP7

In Focus
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Session synopsis: 

Join us at this years 'In Focus' session where we highlight two key aspects that may be of interest to ADEE members. The session showcases An Update on Entrustable Professional Activities (EPAs) in the United States: The ADEA Compendium EPA Workgroup and a final update on the Oral Health Edu Erasmus Project - key learning and next steps. 

Programme: 
16:30 

Welcome from Session Chair
16:35 

An Update on Entrustable Professional Activities (EPAs) in the United States: The ADEA Compendium EPA Workgroup

Over the past 10 years, the use of competency-based assessment in U.S. dental schools has evolved. Several seminal events influenced the development and adoption of Entrustable Professional Activities (EPAs) to demonstrate the practice readiness of new dental graduates. In 2018, the American Dental Education Association (ADEA) convened the ADEA Compendium of Clinical Competency Assessment Workgroup with the goal to establish reliable and valid methods of assessment using multiple assessments, over time, by various faculty. This group recognized the importance of independent/unsupervised practice across various contexts and identified EPAs as a potential way forward. In 2022, the ADEA Compendium EPA Workgroup was formed to develop EPAs for U.S. dental education.

The current workgroup has developed a list of 11 core EPAs with accompanying specifications and a glossary, which were vetted with dental educators and experts in the use of EPAs in the health professions. Domains of competence are being collaboratively developed with the ADEA Council of Faculties. The ADEA Compendium EPA work to date will be presented and the use of EPAs in U.S. dental schools will be reviewed. One goal in the next phase of work is to develop international collaboration among dental education institutions on the use of EPAs. A report of this work is published in the April 2024 issue of the Journal of Dental Education.
17:15

Oral Health Edu Erasmus Project - key learning and next steps 

The O-Health-Edu consortium completed its work in 2023 with the drafting of a number of final publications on the state and future of oral health professionals Education in Europe. This brief session share key final learning and outlines how the work will continue to be embedded within ADEE going forward. 

In particular we share:

  1. the OHE project / The WHO action plan

  2. the OHE vision

  3. mapping of European dental schools

  4. Survey  results and dissemination
17:55

Closing Remarks
Chair: 

Sibylle Vital

Professor of Pediatric Dentistry
University of Paris

Professor Sibylle Vital graduated from the University of Paris Descartes in 2003. She completed a PhD in Oral Biology at the University of Paris Descartes in 2006 and a post-doctoral work at the University of California, San Francisco, USA in 2007. She is a full-time Professor of Pediatric Dentistry at University of Paris. From 2013-2016, she was head of the Department of Pediatric Dentistry and Orthodontics and she is currently Vice Dean for Academic Affairs. She serves on the review board of the EJDE since 2014. Active member of ADEE since 2010, Sibylle is a member of the ADEE Executive Committee.

Julia Davies

ADEE Treasurer
Association for Dental Education in Europe (ADEE)

Professor Julia Davies ADEE Treasurer from January 2021 - December 2026. She is Professor at the Department of Oral Biology in Malmö University. Sweden. Her special educational interests are assessment in relation to student-centered, activity-based learning and the challenges associated with integration of basic sciences into clinical teaching in the dental curriculum.

Speakers: 

Stephanie Tubert Jeannin

Professor of Dental Public Health
University Clermont Auvergne, France 

Prof Stephanie Tubert Jeannin, is Coordinator of the Erasmus + KA2 O-Health-Edu project, member of the UNESCO Chair in Global Health & Education, a member of the Platform for Better Oral Health in Europe, former Dean & current Professor of Dental Public Health at University Clermont Auvergne (France). Stephanie has strong interest in public and global health, and is string advocate fro inter professional care and education. She was former President of ADEE 2018-2019. 

James Field

Professor in Restorative Dentistry and Dental Education
Cardiff University

Prof James Field is currently a Professor in Restorative Dentistry and Dental Education and also the Cardiff University School of Dentistry's Director of Digital Education. He is a long-term active member of ADEE having most recently co-chaired the very successful Bridging the Clinical Gap special interest group and workshop.

James is academic lead for the ADEE European DigEdDent (Digital Education in Dentistry) portal, was lead author for the ADEE's Graduating European Dentist Curriculum Taskforce and Global lead for Shaping The Future of Dental Education: Interprofessional Education stream. He also represents Cardiff University as the trans-national partner in O-Health-Edu, an Erasmus+ K2 project to harmonise dental education across Europe.

Denice Stewart

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Adams School of Dentistry, USA 

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