Plans for Future Changes. The development of a course workbook to be supplied to each student at the start of the course. When completed this should constitute, for each student, an immediate reference source for essentials of head and neck anatomy. Introduction into teaching process some modern audio-visual techniques, models and anatomical charts. Modification of the course program based on wide discussing of clinical problems and their relation to the anatomical ground.
Plans for Future Changes. The success in teaching depends on small discussion groups, which require more space and more teachers. It also requires the availability of adequate library, audio-visual facilities, and free access to Internet terminals specially configured for this purpose. All of those innovations require financial resources. The problems and assessment methods must be continuously reviewed and facilities provided for teachers to continuously update themselves and attend workshops wherever possible. Future development must also include the provision of unlimited photocopying and printing of published or Internet materials without causing infringement of copyrights.
Plans for Future Changes. Intensification of cooperation with Xxxxxx Xxxxx Hospital’s departments (internal disaeses; cardiology; neurology and rheumatology ) for the purpose of enrichment of case presentations. • Preparing modern textbook of the internal diseases for dentistry students.
Plans for Future Changes. We would also like to make sure those courses will give students the ability to solve main surgical problems in their future work.
Plans for Future Changes. To involve students more frequently in clinical practice.
Plans for Future Changes. Progress of forensic toxicology and haemogenetics (DNA tests) in the last years show the opportunity of changing of problems presented to the students.
Plans for Future Changes. There is a plan for further rebuilding of the school.
Plans for Future Changes. It is recognised that some staff-members will not agree on a curriculum, whether traditional or PBL-based. However, we will continue through discussions at the level of the curriculum, course and sections of courses to deepen understanding and commitment to enable our students to become self-directed in their learning. • To minimise the risk of not identifying relevant issues we will further strengthen the review discussions on the curriculum. • We plan to improve on the activities that are provided for the development of competence in team work • Research together with other PBL-oriented health education programmes to analyse the graduates knowledge structure and how they apply their knowledge in problem solving in oral health care • To improve on the integration of behavioural and social sciences with other disciplines, in particular in the students clinical learning experiences
Plans for Future Changes. We are continuously improving the courses according to the course evaluations. The development of better and more comprehensible objectives is one of the main areas. We are considering expressing the objectives in the form of competence and/or as learning outcomes. Another field for improvement is the refinement of problems in some areas.
Plans for Future Changes. We plan to increase the possibility for the students to discuss their patient care and clinical experiences with basic biology resource persons in the clinical settings. This will be emphasised in the later stages of the programme and further develop their understanding for the biological basis of novel diagnostic and therapeutic modalities. This will be achieved through discussions where the transfer of biomedical knowledge is encouraged and allows the students to gain a deeper understanding of their clinical actions as well as providing a base for future personal development in their profession.
