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iven the changes in the health care system and other environmental factors, what will be the vision for the dentist of the future?How will dental education prepare the future dentist to participate as clinician and oral health expert in the newly evolving health system?At stake are the oral health of patients and the public and the inclusion of dentistry's expertise in delivery of dental care and contribution to scientifi c discovery.In fact, such a vision has been emerging in parallel with the other health professions. Changes in Health Professions' Education. In 2003, the IOM published Health Professions Education: A Bridge toQuality. 1 The report urged educators and accrediting bodies to ensure that health professional students and practitioners develop and maintain profi ciency in fi ve core areas, summarized in TABLE 1. 2 More recently, the Lancet Commission expanded the vision for health professional education to include
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