信息和技术进步的不断变化以及社交媒体的影响彻底改变了世界和教育,特别是,学生的需求,共同培训和提供优质医疗服务的组织和弱势社区。世界各地的牙科组织和教育中心已经认识到网络在为学生提供有效教育方面的重要性,医疗保健专业人员和社区。网络是应对提供医疗保健教育和服务挑战的一种方式。这可以通过资源共享来实现,专业知识,知识和经验,使医疗保健服务中的所有利益相关者受益。2017年5月8日至9日在伦敦举行的ADEE/ADEA联合会议促进了来自世界各地的牙科教育工作者在“全球网络:牙科教育工作者的方式和原因”研讨会上的讨论。“本次研讨会的目的是确定如何在全球范围内的牙科教育工作者网络分享想法,经验,专业知识和资源,以改善课程和教学环境。设计并实施了会前调查,以确定参与者感兴趣的领域和需求。进行了结构化问卷,这些信息被用来指导关于三个主要主题的讨论:课程,教师发展和教师和学生的流动性。然后确定了四个问题,以帮助小组领导人在四个工作组中进行讨论。四个小组进行了平行讨论,随着团队领导记录和整理的想法,后来用于跨小组的主题分析,以得出讨论的要点。总的来说,建立全球网络以在个人和组织层面分享和获得支持和专业知识的巨大愿望和潜力是显而易见的,工作组提出了一项行动计划,承认这需要伟大的计划,努力和承诺。
The constant change of information and technology advancement as well as the impact of social media has radically changed the world and education and, in particular, the needs of students, organisations and disadvantaged communities who share the aim of training and providing quality healthcare services. Dental organisations and education centres around the world have recognised the importance of networking in delivering effective education to students, healthcare professionals and communities. Networking is one way to meet the challenges of delivering healthcare education and services. This can be achieved by sharing of resources, expertise, knowledge and experience to benefit all the stakeholders in healthcare delivery. The joint ADEE/ADEA Meeting in London on 8-9 May 2017 has facilitated discussions amongst dental educators from all over the world during a workshop on \"Global Networking: the how and why for dental educators.\" The aim of this workshop was to determine how can dental educators worldwide network to share ideas, experience, expertise and resources to improve both the curricula and the teaching and learning environment. A pre-conference survey was designed and implemented to identify the domains of interest and needs of participants. A structured questionnaire was administered, and this information was used to guide discussions on three main themes: curricula, faculty development and mobility of faculty and students. Four questions were then defined to help group leaders to frame discussions in the four working groups. The four groups engaged in parallel discussions, with the ideas recorded and collated by group leaders, which later served for the thematic analysis across the groups to draw the key points discussed. Overall, a great desire and potential to create a global networking to share and gain support and expertise at individual and organisational level was apparent and the working group has proposed an action plan, acknowledging that it requires great planning, effort and commitment.