Use of shared faculty in U.S. and Canadian dental schools

Darryl T Hamamoto; Suzanne K Farrar; Daniel J Caplan; Terrence F Lanphier; Jeanne C Panza; André V Ritter

doi:10.1002/j.0022-0337.2013.77.3.tb05468.x

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Use of shared faculty in U.S. and Canadian dental schools

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Use of shared faculty in U.S. and Canadian dental schools

Darryl T Hamamoto, Suzanne K Farrar, Daniel J Caplan, Terrence F Lanphier, Jeanne C Panza and André V Ritter

Journal of dental education, Vol.77(3), pp.264-275

03/2013

DOI: 10.1002/j.0022-0337.2013.77.3.tb05468.x

PMID: 23486891

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Abstract

Dental schools are facing substantial financial challenges and a shortage of faculty members. One solution to address these issues has been to hire "shared" faculty members, i.e., faculty members whose primary appointment is at one institution who are hired by another institution to teach a course or part of a course. This is a controversial concept. A survey of academic deans at U.S. and Canadian dental schools was conducted for this study; thirty-nine (54 percent) of the seventy-two academic deans completed the online survey. This survey found that the use of shared faculty members is not rare amongst U.S. and Canadian dental schools and that the opinions of the academic deans about the use of shared faculty members ranged widely-from strong support to strong disapproval. Using shared faculty members has advantages and disadvantages for students, the shared faculty members, and both institutions. Many of the disadvantages could be potentially minimized by stakeholders' working together to develop collaborative arrangements. Networks could be developed in which institutions coordinate hiring of shared faculty members based on what expertise is needed. Financial challenges and shortages of faculty members are unlikely to be resolved in the near future, but use of shared faculty members is one promising approach to begin to meet these challenges.

Schools, Dental - economics

Education, Dental - manpower

United States

Humans

Data Collection

Schools, Dental - organization & administration

Faculty, Dental - statistics & numerical data

Salaries and Fringe Benefits

Canada

Faculty, Dental - utilization

Personnel Selection

Models, Educational

Students, Dental - psychology

Faculty, Dental - organization & administration

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Title: Subtitle: Use of shared faculty in U.S. and Canadian dental schools
Creators: Darryl T Hamamoto - Diagnostic and Biological Sciences, School of Dentistry, University of Minnesota, 7-536 Moos Tower, 515 Delaware Street, SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA. hamam001@umn.edu
Suzanne K Farrar
Daniel J Caplan
Terrence F Lanphier
Jeanne C Panza
André V Ritter
Resource Type: Journal article
Publication Details: Journal of dental education, Vol.77(3), pp.264-275
Publisher: United States
DOI: 10.1002/j.0022-0337.2013.77.3.tb05468.x
PMID: 23486891
ISSN: 0022-0337
eISSN: 1930-7837
Language: English
Date published: 03/2013
Academic Unit: Preventive and Community Dentistry
Record Identifier: 9983917666302771

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