PMID- 25281669
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20141203
LR  - 20141004
IS  - 1930-7837 (Electronic)
IS  - 0022-0337 (Linking)
VI  - 78
IP  - 10
DP  - 2014 Oct
TI  - Impact of a research requirement in a dental school curriculum.
PG  - 1364-71
AB  - With reported shortages in full-time dental educators across the world, any 
      exposure to teaching and/or research during dental school might increase a 
      graduate's interest in an academic career. Harvard School of Dental Medicine 
      (HSDM) has a mandatory research experience for all students enrolled in the 
      Doctor of Dental Medicine program. Each year, the graduating class is surveyed 
      about characteristics and outcomes of their research experience. The aim of this 
      study was to use the resulting data for five years of graduating classes (2008 to 
      2012) to assess the impact of the research requirement. The results showed that 
      54 percent of these students had presented their research projects at a forum 
      outside Harvard. Thirty-six percent had had their research published in 
      peer-reviewed journals, 38 percent had manuscripts in preparation or submitted 
      for review, and only 26 percent had no intention to publish their work. Overall, 
      81.5 percent felt positive about their research experience at HSDM. Only 48 
      percent said they would definitely have pursued research even if it was not 
      compulsory, and 36 percent were uncertain. However, 83 percent said they would 
      have some involvement in research during their careers, and only 10 percent were 
      uncertain. Implementing a compulsory research experience may lead to increased 
      numbers of graduates pursuing research in their careers and contributing to the 
      scientific development of the dental profession.
FAU - Nalliah, Romesh P
AU  - Nalliah RP
AD  - Dr. Nalliah is Instructor, Office of Global and Community Health and Office of 
      Dental Education, Harvard School of Dental Medicine; Dr. Lee is Orthodontic 
      Resident, Department of Developmental Biology, Harvard School of Dental Medicine; 
      Dr. Da Silva is Vice Dean, Harvard School of Dental Medicine; and Dr. Allareddy 
      is Associate Professor of Orthodontics, The University of Iowa College of 
      Dentistry & Dental Clinics. romesh_nalliah@hsdm.harvard.edu.
FAU - Lee, Min Kyeong
AU  - Lee MK
AD  - Dr. Nalliah is Instructor, Office of Global and Community Health and Office of 
      Dental Education, Harvard School of Dental Medicine; Dr. Lee is Orthodontic 
      Resident, Department of Developmental Biology, Harvard School of Dental Medicine; 
      Dr. Da Silva is Vice Dean, Harvard School of Dental Medicine; and Dr. Allareddy 
      is Associate Professor of Orthodontics, The University of Iowa College of 
      Dentistry & Dental Clinics.
FAU - Da Silva, John D
AU  - Da Silva JD
AD  - Dr. Nalliah is Instructor, Office of Global and Community Health and Office of 
      Dental Education, Harvard School of Dental Medicine; Dr. Lee is Orthodontic 
      Resident, Department of Developmental Biology, Harvard School of Dental Medicine; 
      Dr. Da Silva is Vice Dean, Harvard School of Dental Medicine; and Dr. Allareddy 
      is Associate Professor of Orthodontics, The University of Iowa College of 
      Dentistry & Dental Clinics.
FAU - Allareddy, Veerasathpurush
AU  - Allareddy V
AD  - Dr. Nalliah is Instructor, Office of Global and Community Health and Office of 
      Dental Education, Harvard School of Dental Medicine; Dr. Lee is Orthodontic 
      Resident, Department of Developmental Biology, Harvard School of Dental Medicine; 
      Dr. Da Silva is Vice Dean, Harvard School of Dental Medicine; and Dr. Allareddy 
      is Associate Professor of Orthodontics, The University of Iowa College of 
      Dentistry & Dental Clinics.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - United States
TA  - J Dent Educ
JT  - Journal of dental education
JID - 8000150
SB  - IM
MH  - Attitude of Health Personnel
MH  - Career Choice
MH  - *Curriculum
MH  - Dental Research/*education
MH  - *Education, Dental
MH  - Humans
MH  - Mandatory Programs
MH  - Periodicals as Topic
MH  - Program Evaluation
MH  - Publishing
MH  - Research Design
MH  - Schools, Dental/organization & administration
MH  - Students, Dental/psychology
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - academic careers
OT  - dental education
OT  - dental research
OT  - dental students
OT  - research
EDAT- 2014/10/05 06:00
MHDA- 2014/12/15 06:00
CRDT- 2014/10/05 06:00
PHST- 2014/10/05 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2014/10/05 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2014/12/15 06:00 [medline]
AID - 78/10/1364 [pii]
PST - ppublish
SO  - J Dent Educ. 2014 Oct;78(10):1364-71.