Skill Concept in Dental Education: 21st Century Skills

Abstract

Professional skills are basically considered in dental education when the skill concept is mentioned as a training activity. However, students in a professional undergraduate program such as dentistry are expected to not only be clinically competent upon graduation but also to exhibit good 21st century skills such as  communication, critical thinking and problem-solving, teamwork, leadership, professional ethics and morals, lifelong learning and entrepreneurship in order to serve the society at large. Dentists to have good soft skills can easily increase the patient satisfaction and the benefits from dental treatment while decreasing the patient anxiety and patient complaints. Soft skills have a great affect on  dentists’ to be able to follow update dental technology and treatments, to manage cases requiring challenging treatment planning and to cooperate with interprofessional behaviors. Therefore soft skill training has to take place in the curriculum development of dental faculties to be able to have competent graduates.

Key words: dental education, skill training, soft skills, 21st century skills

Keywords

• dental education,skill training,soft skills,21st century skills

Diş Hekimliği Eğitiminde Beceri Kavramı: 21. Yüzyıl Becerileri

Abstract

Amaç: 

Diş hekimliğinde beceri kavramı; akla mesleki becerileri getirir. Oysa ki; mezun diş hekimlerinin sadece klinik beceri kazanmakla kalmayıp, topluma iyi hizmet sunabilmek için - iletişim, düşünme ve problem çözme, takım çalışması gücü, hayat boyu öğrenme ve bilgi yönetimi, girişimcilik, etik, ahlak ve profesyonellik ve liderlik gibi -  21. yüzyıl becerilerine sahip olmaları da gerekir. Hekimlerin etkili uyum becerisine sahip olması durumunda, hasta memnuniyetinin ve tedaviden sağlanan faydanın arttığı; hasta anksiyetesinin ve hasta şikayetlerinin azaldığı bilinmektedir. Diş hekimlerinin tedavi uygulamalarında güncel bilgi ve becerileri yakalamaları, zor tedavi planlamalarını başedebilmeleri, çalışma ortamlarındaki işbirlikçi çalışmaya uyum sağlamaları açısından da uyum becerilerinin önemi büyüktür. Yetkin mezunların yetiştirilmesi için fakültelerin müfredatlarında uyum becerisi eğitimine de yer vermeleri beklenir.

Anahtar kelimeler: diş hekimliği eğitimi, beceri eğitimi, 21. yüzyıl becerileri.

Keywords

• diş hekimliği eğitimi,beceri eğitimi,21. yüzyıl becerileri

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