http://hdl.handle.net/10027/7333 Wed, 22 May 2013 14:34:57 GMT 2013-05-22T14:34:57Z http://hdl.handle.net/10027/8611 Applicant selection procedures for orthodontic specialty programs in the United States: Survey of program directors Galang, Maria Therese S.; Yuan, Judy Chia-Chun; Lee, Damian J.; Sukotjo, Cortino At the 2010 American Dental Education Association (ADEA) Annual Session, the sections on orthodontics, graduate and post-graduate education sponsored a well-attended symposium on the future of post-graduate program admissions. The main issue was how to assess prospective applicants of advanced education programs in the light of pass-fail grading systems in a number of dental schools and pass-fail national dental board exam scoring. This brings about a tremendous concern, not only to the specialty program directors and faculty, but to the prospective applicants as well. © 2011 by Elsevier Masson, American Journal of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics. doi.org/10.1016/j.ajodo.2011.06.027 Thu, 01 Dec 2011 06:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/10027/8611 2011-12-01T06:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/10027/7352 Authorship characteristics in prosthodontic literature: proliferation and internationalization. A review and analysis following a 10-year observation Yuan, Judy; Lee, Damian J.; Knoernschild, Kent L.; Campbell, Stephen D.; Sukotjo, Cortino Statement of problem. Author characteristics and the extent of dental literature authorship globalization have not been widely investigated, especially in prosthodontics. Purpose. The purpose of this review was to examine trends in authorship characteristics in prosthodontics. Material and methods. Articles published in The Journal of Prosthetic Dentistry (JPD), International Journal of Prosthodontics (IJP), and Journal of Prosthodontics (JP) in 1998, 2003, and 2008 were reviewed. Abstracts, letters to the editor, and book reviews were not included in the investigation. The authors’ educational degrees had to be listed in the publications for the articles to be included. For each article, number of authors, degrees of all authors, academic ranks of first and last authors, and geographic origin were recorded. Descriptive and analytic analyses (α=.05), including a generalized linear model, Kruskall-Wallis, Mann-Whitney U, or chi-square tests, were used as appropriate. Results. A total of 998 articles met the inclusion criteria from the 3 selected journals for the years studied. Across all 3 journals, the mean number of authors per article increased significantly from 2.9 in 1998 to 3.6 in 2008 (Kruskal-Wallis, P<.001). The mean number of authors per article increased steadily on all continents, except for Africa and Oceania. A steady increase of authors with higher degrees was observed. There was a significant increase in the proportion of senior-ranking faculty as last author over time (chi-square=5.57, df=1, P=.018). The contributions from Asia and South America increased over time. Conclusions. The number of authors per article, the number of authors with higher educational degrees, and the percentage of senior-ranking faculty as last author have steadily increased in the prosthodontic literature from 1998 to 2008. The trend of globalization of authorship was evident in the prosthodontic literature. Post print version of article may differ from published version. The definitive version is available through Elsevier at DOI: 10.1016/S0022-3913(10)60113-8 Wed, 01 Sep 2010 05:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/10027/7352 2010-09-01T05:00:00Z