Study on the scale and tendency of dental schools in the United States and its implications to China
10.3760/cma.j.cn116021-20210625-01441
- VernacularTitle:美国牙医学院规模与变化趋势及其对我国的启示
- Author:
Jianlin HOU
1
;
Mengqi GAO
;
A'na XIE
;
Xin PENG
;
Jie LIU
;
Weimin WANG
Author Information
1. 北京大学医学教育研究所/全国医学教育发展中心，北京 100083
- Keywords:
Dental school;
Stomatology education;
Scale of education;
the United States
- From:
Chinese Journal of Medical Education Research
2023;22(10):1462-1465
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
The number of dental schools increased from 55 in 2000 to 66 in 2019 in the United States. The number of public, private, and private-state-related dental schools were 40, 22 and 4, respectively. A majority of them were located in most developed areas, such as western, eastern, and southern regions of the country. In the same period, the number of freshman enrollees rose from 4 234 to 6 231 while the average of enrollees kept under 100. On the basis of learning relevant experiences of the United States, it might be necessary for China to expand the overall scale of stomatology education in order to address the shortage of dentists, take measures to increase the number of stomatology schools and improve their distribution, and control the number of enrollees per school to enhance the quality of education.
