Skip to main content

Main menu

  • Home
  • Content
    • Latest
    • Archive
    • home
  • Info for
    • Authors
    • Reviewers
    • Subscribers
    • Institutions
    • Advertisers
    • Join SMJ
  • About Us
    • About Us
    • Editorial Office
    • Editorial Board
  • More
    • Advertising
    • Alerts
    • Feedback
    • Folders
    • Help
  • Other Publications
    • NeuroSciences Journal

User menu

  • My alerts
  • Log in

Search

  • Advanced search
Saudi Medical Journal
  • Other Publications
    • NeuroSciences Journal
  • My alerts
  • Log in
Saudi Medical Journal

Advanced Search

  • Home
  • Content
    • Latest
    • Archive
    • home
  • Info for
    • Authors
    • Reviewers
    • Subscribers
    • Institutions
    • Advertisers
    • Join SMJ
  • About Us
    • About Us
    • Editorial Office
    • Editorial Board
  • More
    • Advertising
    • Alerts
    • Feedback
    • Folders
    • Help
  • Follow psmmc on Twitter
  • Visit psmmc on Facebook
  • RSS
Brief ReportBrief Communication
Open Access

Perceptions of Saudi dental students on cultural competency

Huda A. Al-Shehri, Sara M. Al-Taweel and Chris S. Ivanoff
Saudi Medical Journal February 2016, 37 (2) 208-211; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2016.2.13013
Huda A. Al-Shehri
From the Department of Prosthetic Dental Sciences (Al-Shehri, Al-Taweel), College of Dentistry, King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and the College of Dentistry (Ivanoff), University of Tennessee, Memphis, United States of America
BDS, MS
  • Find this author on Google Scholar
  • Find this author on PubMed
  • Search for this author on this site
  • For correspondence: [email protected]
Sara M. Al-Taweel
From the Department of Prosthetic Dental Sciences (Al-Shehri, Al-Taweel), College of Dentistry, King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and the College of Dentistry (Ivanoff), University of Tennessee, Memphis, United States of America
BDS, MS
  • Find this author on Google Scholar
  • Find this author on PubMed
  • Search for this author on this site
Chris S. Ivanoff
From the Department of Prosthetic Dental Sciences (Al-Shehri, Al-Taweel), College of Dentistry, King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and the College of Dentistry (Ivanoff), University of Tennessee, Memphis, United States of America
DDS
  • Find this author on Google Scholar
  • Find this author on PubMed
  • Search for this author on this site
  • Article
  • Figures & Data
  • eLetters
  • Info & Metrics
  • References
  • PDF
Loading

References

  1. ↵
    College of Dentistry, King Saud University’s website, Available from:http://dent.ksu.edu.sa/en. Accessed 2015 October 20.
  2. ↵
    Commission on Dental Accreditation, Accreditation Standards For Dental Education Programs, Available from:http://dental.pacific.edu/Documents/microsites/accreditation/Predoc%20Standards%2002%2012.pdf. Accessed 2015 October 20.
  3. ↵
    1. Gundersen D,
    2. Bhagavatula P,
    3. Pruszynski JE,
    4. Okunseri C
    (2012) Dental students’ perceptions of self-efficacy and cultural competence with school-based Programs. J Dent Educ 76:1175–1182.
    OpenUrlAbstract/FREE Full Text
    1. Seymour B,
    2. Barrow J,
    3. Kalenderian E
    (2013) Results from a new global oral health course: a case study at one dental school. J Dent Educ 77:1245–1251.
    OpenUrlAbstract/FREE Full Text
    1. Arnett MR,
    2. Forde R
    (2012) Increasing student diversity and cultural competence as part of Loma Linda University School of Dentistry’s service mission. J Dent Educ 76:721–727.
    OpenUrlAbstract/FREE Full Text
    1. Wides CD,
    2. Brody HA,
    3. Alexander CJ,
    4. Gansky SA,
    5. Mertz EA
    (2013) Long-term outcomes of a dental postbaccalaureate program: increasing dental student diversity and oral health care access. J Dent Educ 77:537–547.
    OpenUrlAbstract/FREE Full Text
  4. ↵
    1. Ivanoff CS,
    2. Ivanoff AE,
    3. Yaneva K,
    4. Hottel TL,
    5. Proctor HL
    (2013) Student perceptions about the mission of dental schools to advance global dentistry and philanthropy. J Dent Educ 77:1258–1269.
    OpenUrlAbstract/FREE Full Text
    1. Ivanoff CS
    “Cross-National Clerkships and Cultural Competence Training in the Predoctoral Dental Curriculum: An Innovative Global Oral Health Initiative, 70th Anniversary Scientific 70th Anniversary Scientific Conference, Medical University of Plovdiv, Plovdiv, Bulgaria, May 21-23, 2015.
    1. Broder HL,
    2. Janal M
    (2006) Promoting interpersonal skills and cultural sensitivity among dental students. J Dent Educ 70:409–416.
    OpenUrlAbstract/FREE Full Text
    1. Crandall SJ,
    2. George G,
    3. Marion GS,
    4. Davis S
    (2003) Applying theory to the design of cultural competency training for medical students: a case study. Acad Med 78:588–594.
    OpenUrlCrossRefPubMedWeb of Science
    1. Donate-Bartfield E,
    2. Lobb WK,
    3. Roucka TM
    (2014) Teaching culturally sensitive care to dental Students: a multidisciplinary approach. J Dent Educ 78:454–464.
    OpenUrlAbstract/FREE Full Text
  5. ↵
    1. McQuistan MR,
    2. Mohamad A,
    3. Kuthy RA
    (2014) Association between dentists’ participation in charitable care and community-based dental education. J Dent Educ 78:110–118.
    OpenUrlAbstract/FREE Full Text
PreviousNext
Back to top

In this issue

Saudi Medical Journal: 37 (2)
Saudi Medical Journal
Vol. 37, Issue 2
1 Feb 2016
  • Table of Contents
  • Cover (PDF)
  • Index by author
Print
Download PDF
Email Article

Thank you for your interest in spreading the word on Saudi Medical Journal.

NOTE: We only request your email address so that the person you are recommending the page to knows that you wanted them to see it, and that it is not junk mail. We do not capture any email address.

Enter multiple addresses on separate lines or separate them with commas.
Perceptions of Saudi dental students on cultural competency
(Your Name) has sent you a message from Saudi Medical Journal
(Your Name) thought you would like to see the Saudi Medical Journal web site.
Citation Tools
Perceptions of Saudi dental students on cultural competency
Huda A. Al-Shehri, Sara M. Al-Taweel, Chris S. Ivanoff
Saudi Medical Journal Feb 2016, 37 (2) 208-211; DOI: 10.15537/smj.2016.2.13013

Citation Manager Formats

  • BibTeX
  • Bookends
  • EasyBib
  • EndNote (tagged)
  • EndNote 8 (xml)
  • Medlars
  • Mendeley
  • Papers
  • RefWorks Tagged
  • Ref Manager
  • RIS
  • Zotero
Share
Perceptions of Saudi dental students on cultural competency
Huda A. Al-Shehri, Sara M. Al-Taweel, Chris S. Ivanoff
Saudi Medical Journal Feb 2016, 37 (2) 208-211; DOI: 10.15537/smj.2016.2.13013
Twitter logo Facebook logo Mendeley logo
  • Tweet Widget
  • Facebook Like
  • Google Plus One
Bookmark this article

Jump to section

  • Article
    • Abstract
    • Methods
    • Results
    • Discussion
    • Acknowledgment
    • Footnotes
    • References
  • Figures & Data
  • eLetters
  • References
  • Info & Metrics
  • PDF

Related Articles

  • No related articles found.
  • PubMed
  • Google Scholar

Cited By...

  • No citing articles found.
  • Google Scholar

More in this TOC Section

  • Successful management of human parainfluenza virus-3 outbreak in a tertiary neonatal intensive care unit
  • Experience of pediatric liver disease at a university hospital in Western Saudi Arabia
  • Risk of malignancy in thyroid nodules Bethesda III sub classification into nuclear atypia and architectural atypia. A retrospective study
Show more Brief Communication

Similar Articles

CONTENT

  • home

JOURNAL

  • home

AUTHORS

  • home
Saudi Medical Journal

© 2025 Saudi Medical Journal Saudi Medical Journal is copyright under the Berne Convention and the International Copyright Convention.  Saudi Medical Journal is an Open Access journal and articles published are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License (CC BY-NC). Readers may copy, distribute, and display the work for non-commercial purposes with the proper citation of the original work. Electronic ISSN 1658-3175. Print ISSN 0379-5284.

Powered by HighWire