Renewal of the clinical-phase dental curriculum to promote better learning at the University of Oulu

European Journal of Dental Education : Official Journal of the Association for Dental Education in Europe
Eeva-Liisa HietalaAune Raustia

Abstract

The degree awarded to a dentist in Finland is Licentiate of Dentistry, and it takes 5 years to achieve it. The old curriculum at the Institute of Dentistry, University of Oulu, Finland, was based on the departmental division, and there was minimal integration between the disciplines. According to student feedback, the old curriculum was overloaded. The amount of contact teaching was up to 40 h per week throughout the academic year. Based on the workload regulation model launched at the University of Oulu, the actual workload of students for three clinical years was found to exceed the confirmed curriculum (40 study weeks per year for 3 years, representing 180 European Credit Transfer System (ECTS) credits) by 68 ECTS credits (representing 45.3 study weeks). Because of the heavy workload, students did not have time actively to deepen their scientific reasoning. To tackle this problem and to maintain the high academic standards, the Institute of Dentistry, University of Oulu, Finland, decided to change the dental curriculum. The properties and qualities of the competent dentist were listed and arranged in the corners of an octagonal to provide the model of the key dental competencies. Based on this, a thorough core analysis of th...Continue Reading

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