Data for: Environmental Sustainability in Oral Health Professional Education: Approaches, Challenges, and Drivers—ADEE Special-Interest Group Report

Data and questionnaire supporting the paper 'Environmental Sustainability in Oral Health Professional Education: Approaches, Challenges, and Drivers—ADEE Special-Interest Group Report'.
Introduction: This paper reports on the scholarship activity of the ‘Sustainability in Dentistry’ Special-interest Group (SiG), which met at the ADEE annual conference in Liverpool on 25 August 2023. The aim of this study was to (i) identify current teaching practices and approaches to embedding Environmental Sustainability (ES) in the curriculum in ADEE attendee schools and (ii) explore existing barriers/challenges that complicate incorporating ES in dental education and consider potential solutions. 
Methodology: A mixed-methods approach was used to fulfil the aims of this study. A pre-workshop questionnaire was used to explore current teaching practices, challenges, and drivers of embedding ES in the curriculum. An interactive workshop at the in-person meeting in Liverpool was used to propose key strategies to overcome the most frequent challenges to embedding ES in the curriculum.
Results: The majority of respondents (56%) reported that their institutions do not currently teach ES. Traditional didactic forms of teaching were mostly reported to teach ES in non-clinical environments, and a transition to more environmentally sustainable materials and instruments was the most popular response for clinical teaching. Key barriers to embedding Environmental Sustainability in the curriculum were identified, including time constraints and the overloaded curriculum, a lack of expertise/knowledge to teach and lack of practical guidance to support educators, limited learning resources for staff and students and resistance from colleagues regarding the relevance of Environmental Sustainability in dentistry. The special-interest group participants proposed strategies to overcome these challenges that centred around fourteen themes.
Conclusion: This paper reports recent scholarship activity by ADEE’s ‘Sustainability in Dentistry’ SiG. Key strategies for overcoming the most common challenges to embedding ES in the curriculum are also discussed.
This study received ethical approval from the Dentistry Ethics Committee at the lead author’s institution (application number 056060).

支持论文《口腔健康专业教育中的环境可持续性：路径、挑战与驱动因素——ADEE 特别兴趣小组报告》的数据与调查问卷。

引言：本报告阐述了“牙科可持续性”特别兴趣小组（Special-interest Group，SiG）的学术活动，该小组于2023年8月25日在利物浦举办的ADEE年度会议上召开线下会议。本研究旨在达成两大目标：（1）明确ADEE参会院校当前的教学实践，以及在课程体系中融入环境可持续性（Environmental Sustainability，ES）的具体路径；（2）探究当前阻碍在牙科教育中融入ES的各类障碍与挑战，并探讨潜在的解决方案。

研究方法：本研究采用混合研究方法以达成既定研究目标。首先通过会前调查问卷，调研当前课程中融入ES的教学实践、面临的挑战及驱动因素；随后在利物浦线下会议中设置交互式工作坊，针对课程融入ES时最频发的挑战提出核心应对策略。

研究结果：多数受访者（56%）表示其所在院校目前尚未开设ES相关课程。在非临床场景中，ES相关教学多采用传统讲授式教学模式；而临床教学领域最受认可的转型方向为更换为更具环境可持续性的材料与器械。本研究明确了课程体系融入ES的主要障碍，包括课时紧张与课程负担过重、教学人员缺乏相关专业知识与实操指导、师生可用学习资源有限，以及同行对ES在牙科领域的相关性存在抵触情绪。该特别兴趣小组的参会者围绕14个主题提出了应对上述挑战的系列策略。

结论：本报告阐述了ADEE“牙科可持续性”特别兴趣小组近期的学术活动，并探讨了克服课程融入ES常见挑战的核心策略。本研究已获得第一作者所在院校牙科学伦理委员会的伦理批准（申请编号：056060）。