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Volume 4, Issue 3 (Suppl) J Oral Hyg Health
ISSN: 2332-0702 JOHH, an open access journal
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Dental Medicine 2016
August 08-10, 2016
conferenceseries.com
August 08-10, 2016 Toronto, Canada
13th International Conference and Exhibition on
Dental Medicine
Changing the landscape of learning in dentistry
Peter J Murphy
University of British Columbia, Canada
Education is what survives after what was learned has been forgotten" Professor BF Skinner At the University of British Columbia
Dental School we are using Flipped Learning to teach fundamental medical sciences to our first year students. I will explain
the successful teaching techniques used in the new curriculum- and the failures. The journey to a flipped curriculum at the UBC
Dental School was long overdue, and yet for some, came far too fast. I will talk about Faculty opposition and the tools we used- like
PeerWise and our award winning Progress Survey- to win Faculty and students over. I will also explain the ongoing research being
conducted on our curriculum at UBC Dental School. The purpose of the study is to assess the effectiveness of a flipped learning
(active) curriculum versus the traditional lecture based (passive) curriculum in a first year Dental fundamental medical sciences
course. At UBC Dental School we are achieving enduring understanding through Flipped Learning. With Flipped Learning we have
less transmission, and more synthesis and absorption of knowledge. We are promoting deeper learning and encouraging students
to take greater responsibility for their own learning. Why Flipped Learning...because the world doesn't need memorizers, it needs
critical thinkers and problem solvers.
Biography
Peter J Murphy is a renowned Professor in Department of Dentistry, University of British Columbia, Canada. He has published many articles and has a great
experience and role in the field of Dentistry.
Peter J Murphy, J Oral Hyg Health 2016, 4:3 (Suppl)