Digital Dentists: A Curriculum for the 21st Century
Future health professionals, including dentists, must critically engage with digital health technologies to enhance patient care. While digital health is increasingly being integrated into the curricula of health professions, its interpretation varies widely depending on the discipline, health care setting, and local factors. This viewpoint proposes a structured set of domains to guide the designing of a digital health curriculum tailored to the unique needs of dentistry in Australia. The paper aims to share a premise for curriculum development that aligns with the current evidence and the national digital health strategy, serving as a foundation for further discussion and implementation in dental programs.
Authors
- Kayley Lyons (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2224-1107)
- Louise Shaw (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8188-2313)
- Samantha Byrne (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0217-2781)
- Michelle Mun (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0901-4110)
Institutions
- The University of Melbourne (AU)
- Melbourne Health (AU)
- RMIT University (AU)
Publication Details
- Journal
- JMIR Medical Education
- Published
- 2024-10-31
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.2196/54153
- Citations
- 5
- Primary Topic
- Dental Research and COVID-19
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 4.27