Exploring environmental sustainability in UK and US dental curricula and related barriers and enablers: a cross-sectional survey in two dental schools

Joury, Easter; Lee, Jennifer; Parchure, Ashwini; Mortimer, Frances; Park, Sang C.; Pine, C M; Ramasubbu, Darshini; Hillman, Linda

doi:10.1038/s41415-021-2942-y

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“…Survey methodology was approved for exemption by the Harvard School of Dental Medicine and Harvard Medical School Institutional Review Board (IRB19‐0625). This descriptive cross‐sectional quantitative survey instrument was adapted with permission from two previously validated and published European studies 20 and modified for context. Additionally, information was sought regarding which year in school students received ESD training and whether students had extracurricular experience with ESD.…”

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“…18 With regard to dentistry, the working group on Environmental Sustainability in Dentistry (ESD) in the Association for Dental Education in Europe noted a general lack of teaching materials for instructors related to environmental sustainability within the profession. 19 Indeed 20 Joury et al also emphasized that a lack of infection control regulations regarding sterilization of re-usable dental equipment was a barrier to implementing sustainable measures in dental school clinics. 21 Inclusion of curricular content on ESD is essential for preparing future dentists to function in environmentally sustainable ways.…”

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“…The authors are unaware of any current curricular content on ESD in the United States. According to Joury et al., key barriers reported by dental educators regarding the development and implementation of ESD in their curricula were gaps in instructor knowledge on ESD and lack of time to prepare ESD content and educational materials 20 . Joury et al.…”

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US students’ perceptions on environmental sustainability in dental school

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Lee

Murphree

et al. 2021

Journal of Dental Education

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Objectives At present, there are no published reports assessing pre‐doctoral curricular experience or participatory involvement with Environmental Sustainability in Dentistry (ESD) in the United States. This study aims to assess whether students enrolled in US dental schools receive any training with ESD and gauge dental students’ level of interest and attitudes regarding ESD within their dental education. Methods A descriptive cross‐sectional study utilizing a 16‐questions validated survey was conducted on Qualtrics. Data analysis included descriptive statistics. Results A total of 378 dental students from 17 US dental schools participated (response rate 5%). Students reported that ESD was “quite” or “extremely” important (83%). However, 75% of students reported being “not at all” or “slightly” knowledgeable. Only 5% reported ESD content in their dental education. Students suggested that ESD could be integrated into existing coursework relating to infection control, practice management, and dental public health. Conclusion By understanding students’ level of interest, attitudes toward importance, and current level of curricular content on ESD, dental educators can develop best practices for educating future practitioners on environmental sustainability.

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“…There is a growing recognition of the need to urgently raise awareness of sustainability at the formative stage of individual's professional education. This requires the integration of concepts and remediation strategies in the undergraduate curricula of dental education, with current important pioneering work highlighting academic progress and student representation [47,48,49].…”

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“…In the oral healthcare undergraduate curricula, there is a need to increase awareness and sustainable impactful actions through carefully channelled educational programmes, a process that is currently underway that considers how sustainability can be included in the undergraduate dental curriculum [47,48,49]. This needs to be provided from an early point in the curriculum with an opportunity to share best practice with other dental schools.…”

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Consensus on Environmentally Sustainable Oral Healthcare A Joint Stakeholder Statement

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Mulligan²,

Shellard³

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The Oral Healthcare community, including clinical professionals and industry, acknowledges the shared responsibility to deliver products and interventions that improve oral health in a more sustainable manner. To deliver this, the community is working in alignment with the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Key to establishing this collaborative stakeholder consensus is a deep contextual understanding of the challenge. This is achieved through a comprehensive account of the levels of awareness of the environmental impacts, the challenges to resolve these impacts together with the drivers and opportunities to promote sustainable practices. This report concludes with a strategic action framework that makes specific recommendations and identifies best practice to achieve these goals. The promotion of excellent oral healthcare and the development of a circular economy are core to this strategy. Additionally, it is also important to recognise the opportunities to collaborate across the sector, and throughout supply chains, to develop and promote sustainable practices to achieve meaningful and measurable environmental outcomes in the sector. In this context, the FDI World Dental Federation convened the development of this volume, Consensus on Environmentally Sustainable Oral Healthcare: A Joint Stakeholder Statement. This consensus statement brings together a global coalition of stakeholders, representing all aspects of industry, health professionals, experts, legislative authorities and governments. The statement uses a truly collaborative, multi-stakeholder approach to identify the major challenges facing oral healthcare, the complex drivers that underpin current behaviours and practices, and the best opportunities to improve and deliver sustainable oral healthcare for people and the planet. Concluding with an impactful and robust strategic action plan that crosses all boundaries, the statement identifies a series of actions and recommendations for best practice that address the sustainability issues facing the whole sector. Written by The University of Sheffield colleagues Prof Nicolas Martin, Dr Steven Mulligan, Hon. Prof Ian J Shellard and Prof Paul V Hatton, Consensus on Environmentally Sustainable Oral Healthcare: A Joint Stakeholder Statement is the result of a collaborative working partnership between the FDI-Sustainability in Dentistry Task Team and the project founding partners (Colgate-Palmolive, Dentsply Sirona, Haleon, Procter & Gamble and TePe) with the wide participation of stakeholders throughout the oral healthcare supply chain.

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