Embedding environmental sustainability within oral health professional curricula—Recommendations for teaching and assessment of learning outcomes

The FDI World Dental Federation suggests that “dentistry, as a profession, should integrate Sustainable Development Goals into daily practice and support a shift to a green economy in the pursuit of healthy lives and wellbeing for all, through all stages of life.” This article reports on the recent...

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Published inEuropean journal of dental education Vol. 27; no. 3; pp. 650 - 661
Main Authors Field, James, Martin, Nicolas, Duane, Brett, Vital, Sibylle, Mulligan, Steven, Livny, Alon, Lindberg, Pia, Lundegren, Nina, Gummesson, Christina, Long, Ruby, Lundbeck, Heather, Ramasubbu, Darshini, Dixon, Jonathan
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published England Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.08.2023
Subjects
Curriculum
dental
dental education
Dental schools
Dentistry
Education, Dental
Embedding
environment
Europe
Green economy
Humans
Learning
Medical education
Medical personnel
Oral Health
sustainability
Sustainable development
Teaching
Europe
dental education
environment
curriculum
dental
sustainability
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Summary:The FDI World Dental Federation suggests that “dentistry, as a profession, should integrate Sustainable Development Goals into daily practice and support a shift to a green economy in the pursuit of healthy lives and wellbeing for all, through all stages of life.” This article reports on the recent activity of the Association for Dental Education in Europe Special Interest Group for Sustainability in Dentistry. Following on from the group's previous activities, which explored current educational practice, this work aimed to reach a pan‐European consensus on a number of learning outcomes for environmental sustainability, in order to (i) support institutions in designing and delivering their curriculum, and (ii) to further harmonise the delivery of oral health professional education across Europe. This article presents specific learning outcomes relating to environmental sustainability and recommendations relating to curriculum development, including methods of teaching and assessment.
ISSN:1396-5883
1600-0579
1600-0579
DOI:10.1111/eje.12852