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Elevating Trust in the Dental Profession: Using Team-Based Learning as a Strategy to Foster Sound Ethical Decision-Making Practices in a Dental School Curriculum

Stefanik, Dawne Elaine
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1587124836236406

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2020, Master of Arts, Ohio State University, Bioethics.
Recent evidence suggests that trust in the dental profession is declining and that the profession suffers for public confidence in comparison to other healthcare professions (Kelly, 2017; Norman, 2016). To sustain a successful practice, dentists must garner patient trust by delivering care with technical prowess, and show compassion at the chairside while always acting in the best interests of their patients. Naturally, dental educators and supervising clinical faculty serve as principal role models for their students, bearing hefty responsibility for producing competent, ethical dental graduates. This thesis argues that the integration of team-based learning (TBL) into dental ethics curricula is a useful method for teaching both a knowledge of ethics, and the practical application of clinical ethics—key steps toward becoming sound, ethical decision-makers and improving patient trust. Application exercises encountered in TBL can help actuate a deeper understanding and appreciation for a patient’s values and interests. Axiomatically, this ethical underpinning strengthens the provider-patient relationship. When patients trust their individual provider, a general outgrowth of confidence obtains and restores public trust in the dental profession. TBL is an evidence-based, learner-centered pedagogical method currently underutilized in dental education. TBL allows students to engage with a fundamental core of ethical principles and apply what they have learned when making treatment decisions that will withstand ethical scrutiny. This thesis describes the author’s design and utilization of TBL as a strategy to teach ethics and its decision-making derivatives. Likewise, it endeavors to extrapolate lessons learned from the results. This study includes a review of data collected as a part of a course in the current dental school curriculum and has been approved for exempt status under an institutional IRB.
Ashley Fernandes, MD, PhD (Advisor)
Courtney Thiele, JD, MA (Committee Member)
Matthew Messina, DDS (Committee Member)
104 p.
Dentistry; Ethics
Team-Based Learning; Dental Education; Dental Curriculum; Ethics; Ethical Decision-Making; Dentistry; Trust

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  • Stefanik, D. E. (2020). Elevating Trust in the Dental Profession: Using Team-Based Learning as a Strategy to Foster Sound Ethical Decision-Making Practices in a Dental School Curriculum [Master's thesis, Ohio State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1587124836236406

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Stefanik, Dawne. Elevating Trust in the Dental Profession: Using Team-Based Learning as a Strategy to Foster Sound Ethical Decision-Making Practices in a Dental School Curriculum. 2020. Ohio State University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1587124836236406.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Stefanik, Dawne. "Elevating Trust in the Dental Profession: Using Team-Based Learning as a Strategy to Foster Sound Ethical Decision-Making Practices in a Dental School Curriculum." Master's thesis, Ohio State University, 2020. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1587124836236406

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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