Improving teamwork in dental education

• An effective and well developed cooperation between dentists and dental hygienists is crucial in future dentistry. In Sweden the National Board of Health and Welfare forecast of a decrease of dentists with 26% and an increase of dental hygienists with 47% until year 2023. Clinical teamwork is introduced and performed when the students start their last year at the dental school in Malmö. The aim of this project is to study if highlighting teamwork during these undergraduate studies will improve the holistic view on patients by development of the educational context as well as to improve quality of dental care and use of available recourses by knowledge of competence of the respective professionals.

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MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP  -- Klinisk medicin -- Odontologi (hsv//swe)

MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES  -- Clinical Medicine -- Dentistry (hsv//eng)

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