THE ADELAIDE DENTAL SCHOOL 1917 TO 2017 Share this book Thehigh-quality paperback edition of this book is available for purchase from www.adelaide.edu. au/press Suggestedcitation: Rogers, J, Townsend, G and Brown, T (2018). 1heAdelaide Dental School 1917 to 2017. Adelaide: Barr Smith Press. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.20851/dental-histor y License: CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 The Adelaide Dental School 1917 to 2017 by James Rogers Grant Townsend Tasman Brown Published in Adelaide by University of Adelaide Press Barr Smith Library The University of Adelaide South Australia 5005 [email protected] www.adelaide.edu.au/press The Barr Smith Press is an imprint of the University of Adelaide Press, under which titles about the history of the University are published. The University of Adelaide Press publishes peer-reviewed scholarly books. It aims to maximise access to the best research by publishing works through the internet as free downloads and for sale as high-quality printed volumes. 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For the full Cataloguing-in-Publication data please contact the National Library of Australia: [email protected] ISBN (paperback) 978-1-925261-73-8 ISBN (ebook: pdf) 978-1-925261-74-5 Editors: Rebecca Burton and Julia Keller Cover and book design: Zoë Stokes Cover images: The photographs on the front cover, courtesy of ADASA Archives and the University of Adelaide, show the former School of Dental Science on Frome Road (left), and the University of Adelaide’s new Adelaide Health and Medical Sciences Building on North Terrace, incorporating the Adelaide Dental Hospital, opened in 2017 (right). Dedication This book is dedicated to the staff and students of the Adelaide Dental School, past and present. Contents Foreword xv Preface 1 Section I: The past, present and future 7 1 Foundations from dental apprentice to dental undergraduate 9 Apprenticeship The introduction of a Dentists’ Act and a Dental Board Dental education begins at the University of Adelaide The Odontological Society of South Australia The Dental Graduates’ Society The need for a new dental school and degree course The Dental Students’ Society of the University of Adelaide Sir Joseph Verco — first dean of Dentistry The first meeting of the Faculty of Dentistry The first women graduates APR Moore TD Campbell Early faculty issues Early staff appointments The appointment of PR Begg A new dental hospital viii | THE ADELAIDE DENTAL SCHOOL 1917 TO 2017 Superintendent of the Dental Hospital Articles of Apprenticeship A higher degree course and research The Dental Committee and the BDS course in the 1920s Early staff and student photographs References 2 Development of the School and the evolving curriculum — 35 1930s and 1940s Setting educational standards GO Lawrence The colour of the academic hood On the faculty’s agenda The importance of the Eighth Australian Dental Congress Wartime Student numbers The evolving BDS curriculum The Commonwealth Reconstruction and Training Programme Fiftieth anniversary of graduates References 3 A period of expansion and curriculum development — 1950s 55 and 1960s New blood — AM Horsnell and JC Thonard A chair in restorative dentistry Staff appointments and building research A preventive approach Postgraduate and honours programmes Adelaide graduates’ overseas study The new Dental Hospital Dental technology THE ADELAIDE DENTAL SCHOOL 1917 TO 2017 | ix Consideration of using the courtesy title ‘Doctor’ BDS curriculum development Objectives of the Adelaide Dental School Key staffing and curriculum issues Recommendations on the BDS curriculum Reflections on the BDS recommendations of the 1960s References 4 The Raywood workshops and BDS curriculum reform — 1970s 93 and 1980s Restructuring the School — one department becomes four Staffing during increasingly difficult financial times A ‘dental manpower crisis’ Back to a single department Establishment of the South Australian Dental Service (SADS) Amalgamation of medicine and dentistry The Dawkins reforms Integration of dental education The new BDS curriculum — 1970s version Graduate and postgraduate education Recommendations in the Dental Curriculum 1/74 Report Reports from the Advisory Centre for University Education The BDS course in the 1980s References 5 A new Problem-Based Learning (PBL) BDS curriculum — 123 1990s to 2000 The context Staffing matters Upgrading of facilities Establishment of SAFDER x | THE ADELAIDE DENTAL SCHOOL 1917 TO 2017 Australian Centre for Oral Health Restructuring in the university Accreditation A new Problem-Based Learning BDS curriculum Some reasons for change Broad goals of the new BDS curriculum The process of curriculum review in the 1990s The model for the new BDS curriculum — 1993 Features of the PBL BDS curriculum Dental Learning Packages Evaluation of the BDS curriculum Admission to the BDS course References 6 A revised integrated BDS curriculum and a BOH programme — 145 2000s to the present Quo vadis dentistry? (Where are you going, dentistry?) The context of the School Joint ventures Staffing matters Loss of professorial positions Accommodation issues A new simulation clinic The tender A review of the Faculty of Health Sciences and a Professional Services Review (PSR) Other factors impacting the School The Australian Dental Council (ADC) and the Dental Board of Australia (DBA) ADC reports ADC recommendations THE ADELAIDE DENTAL SCHOOL 1917 TO 2017 | xi Revised BDS curriculum (2010 version) The Australian Universities Quality Agency (AUQA) commendation Proposed changes to the BDS programme Appointment of an educational consultant Vision statements Ngutto: A web-enabled core curriculum database A School Assessment Strategy Key aspects of the revised BDS curriculum — 2010 version Management of the revised BDS curriculum Integrated Learning Activities in the revised BDS curriculum The stages of implementation of the revised BDS curriculum Reflecting on the revised BDS curriculum The Bachelor of Oral Health (BOH) programme Dental therapy Dental hygiene Bachelor of Oral Health ADC accreditation of the BOH programme Graduate Certificate in Oral Health Science References 7 Postgraduate education and research 179 The beginning BDS honours degree PhD degree MDS and DClinDent degrees Postgraduate Committee in Dentistry GJ Mount A tradition of research in the School Excellence in Research for Australia (ERA) xii | THE ADELAIDE DENTAL SCHOOL 1917 TO 2017 QS worldwide ranking The research-teaching nexus Australian Research Centre for Population Oral Health (ARCPOH) Establishment of the Colgate Australian Clinical Dental Research Centre (CACDRC) Centre for Oro-facial Research and Learning (CORAL) Research groups within the School References 8 Where to now and in the future — dental education and 203 practice? Leadership, governance and management in dental education — new societal challenges Strategic management and organisational behaviour in dental education Comments from previous deans and leaders of the Adelaide Dental School Adjunct Professor Kaye Roberts-Thomson Emeritus Professor John Spencer Professor Wyatt (Rory) Hume, professor and dean, University of Utah School of Dentistry, USA Emeritus Professor Alastair Goss Emeritus Professor Wayne Sampson Clinical Professor Geoffrey Heithersay Published comments by Dr John McIntyre Comments by other dental academics The growth of new dental schools in Australia Concluding comments by the authors References Section II: Personal reflections 239 9 Dental student (1941-45) — John Lavis 241 THE ADELAIDE DENTAL SCHOOL 1917 TO 2017 | xiii 10 Learning to be a dentist (1946-50) — Tasman Brown 263 11 Learning to be a dentist (1968-72) — Grant Townsend 291 Section III: Appendices 305 Appendix 1: Adelaide Dental School staff 307 Deans of dentistry List of staff 1921-2016 Appendix 2: BDS and BOH graduates 339 Bachelor of Dental Surgery (BDS) graduates (1921-2016) Bachelor of Oral Health (BOH) graduates (2004-16) Appendix 3: Selected documents 365 The opening of the new Royal Adelaide Hospital Dental Department and the University of Adelaide School of Dental Science (1969) Appointment of a professor of restorative dentistry – correspondence from the registrar to the dean, 16 March 1965 Grant Townsend’s notes from one of the lectures in biochemistry in 1969 Programme and written examination in biochemistry in 1969 Glossary 407 About the authors 411 Acknowledgements 413 Foreword To convey an understanding of how, over a century, an organisation as complex as a dental school was conceived, became established and subsequently evolved to become a world-ranked institution is a significant challenge. As students and staff in the School, with a total of more than 160 years of combined experience spanning almost three-quarters of that century, James Rogers,