- Title
- Developing a national dental education research strategy: Priorities, barriers and enablers
- Creator
- Ajjawi, Rola; Barton, Karen L.; Dennis, Ashley A.; Rees, Charlotte E.
- Relation
- BMJ Open Vol. 7, Issue 3, no. e013129
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2016-013129
- Publisher
- B M J Group (British Medical Journal)
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2017
- Description
- Objectives: This study aimed to identify national dental education research (DER) priorities for the next 3–5 years and to identify barriers and enablers to DER. Setting: Scotland. Participants: In this two-stage online questionnaire study, we collected data with multiple dental professions (eg, dentistry, dental nursing and dental hygiene) and stakeholder groups (eg, learners, clinicians, educators, managers, researchers and academics). Eighty-five participants completed the Stage 1 qualitative questionnaire and 649 participants the Stage 2 quantitative questionnaire. Results: Eight themes were identified at Stage 1. Of the 24 DER priorities identified, the top three were: role of assessments in identifying competence; undergraduate curriculum prepares for practice and promoting teamwork. Following exploratory factor analysis, the 24 items loaded onto four factors: teamwork and professionalism, measuring and enhancing performance, dental workforce issues and curriculum integration and innovation. Barriers and enablers existed at multiple levels: individual, interpersonal, institutional structures and cultures and technology. Conclusions: This priority setting exercise provides a necessary first step to developing a national DER strategy capturing multiple perspectives. Promoting DER requires improved resourcing alongside efforts to overcome peer stigma and lack of valuing and motivation.
- Subject
- dental education research; education and training; online questionnaire; priority setting
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1441097
- Identifier
- uon:41319
- Identifier
- ISSN:2044-6055
- Language
- eng
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