Dental educators’ views and knowledge of competencies required within a competency framework

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2021Author
Maart, Ronel D.
Adam, Razia. Z.
Frantz, José M.
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The aim of the study was twofold; first was to explore and
describe dental educators’ views of the competencies
required within the AfriMEDS core competency framework.
The second was to highlight the views of the dental
educators, regarding the alignment of the AfriMEDS core
competencies, with the dental curriculum.A case study approach to qualitative inquiry was used.
The participants were purposefully selected, and two focus
group discussions were conducted. An interview protocol
was used to guide the discussions. The gathered data from
the discussions were transcribed verbatim, and uploaded
to the Atlas ti program for data analysis. Themes were
identified from the findings of the thematic analysis. Dental educators required some guidance and clarity on
the AfriMEDS core competency framework. However,
they were able to recognize the competencies related to
the AfriMEDS core competency framework. Two of these
competencies, evidence-based dentistry, and private
practice, were highlighted as core competencies in this
current study; however, in AfriMEDS, only certain aspects
of this was described.