I-218 - Chair of the ADEA Board of Directors' Symposium—Lifting as We Rise: Shaping Future Educators

Monday, March 21, 2022

10:30am – 12:00pm EST

CE: 1.5 Hr.

Designation: SOTL

Moderator(s)

Hubert Chan, D.D.S.

Western University of Health Sciences College of Dental Medicine

Presenter(s)

Lorel E. Burns, D.D.S, M.S.

NYU College of Dentistry

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Abrielle A. Lamphere, RDH

University of Michigan School of Dentistry
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Jessica Lettelleir, B.S.

University of Minnesota School of Dentistry
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Neha Sethi, D.D.S.

University of Minnesota School of Dentistry
Christine Wankiiri-Hale, DMD

University of Pittsburgh School of Dental Medicine

For today’s future dental educator, the journey from student to faculty member include experiences to which current dental educators cannot relate. Products of social media and the 21st century digital age, future educators prefer digital methods for delivering or receiving information that are just short of alien to many current educators. In an instant, the COVID-19 pandemic changed everything. Disruption forced the adoption of innovation. As the delivery of dental education thrusted decades-old modalities from a generational preference into the mainstream of dental education, institutions learned that many aspects of dental education can be delivered successfully via nontraditional and innovative methods. It is clear we must keep pace with these changes and support the ways rising dental educators receive and deliver educational content. With a view to the future of dental education, this session’s speakers will share their stories, painting a picture of the paradigm shifts that must be addressed in developing student interest in becoming dental educators. Speakers include student participants actively pursuing careers in dental education and faculty who are trailblazers in the arena.

Learning Objectives:

Describe how traditional educational methodologies can effectively delivered in ways preferred by today’s future educators.
List examples of innovative trends in dental education that your institution could implement that would better appeal to today’s future educators.
Recommend ways to implement similar activities and programs at their home institution.