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Continued competency in the specialties and academics.

Kent Palcanis¹, Marilyn Lantz

¹American Board of Periodontology, USA. kentp@uab.edu

The Journal of the American College of Dentists

|November 30, 2012

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Dental education emphasizes demonstrating competence through knowledge, skills, and values. Accreditation bodies mandate rigorous assessment, remediation, and credentialing based on competence, ensuring high standards in dental practice.

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Area of Science:

Dental Education
Competency-Based Education
Professional Accreditation

Background:

The competency approach in education necessitates demonstrating specific knowledge, skills, and values relevant to current practice.
Accreditation bodies mandate that dental programs assess and ensure candidate competence.

Purpose of the Study:

To outline the requirements for competency assessment in dental education programs.
To highlight the ongoing efforts in assessing and maintaining competence in dental specialties.

Main Methods:

Review of accreditation standards set by the Commission on Dental Accreditation.
Analysis of requirements for dental hygiene, predoctoral, postgraduate, and specialty programs.
Examination of assessment methods for ongoing competence in teaching and scholarship.

Main Results:

Dental educational programs must provide evidence of achieving, assessing, and remediating competence.
All nine American Dental Association-recognized specialty programs require periodic assessments for continued competence.
Dental education also mandates ongoing competence demonstrations in teaching and scholarship via peer review.

Conclusions:

Competency assessment is a critical component of dental education and professional practice.
Accreditation standards drive the development of effective and continuous methods for evaluating dental professional competence.
Peer review processes are integral to demonstrating ongoing competence in academic and scholarly aspects of dentistry.