Soft skills in dental student curricula: an evidence and gap map.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Soft skills are recognised as essential for dental practitioners, but their integration into dental education is inconsistent. The aim of this evidence and gap map was to explore the use of soft skills teaching initiatives in undergraduate dental education and to clarify the key domains in this research field.

Methods

An extensive search of studies from 2014 to 2024 on the PubMed database was carried out by four researchers. Inclusion criteria covered articles, including both advocacy or position papers, and studies reporting on implemented and evaluated educational interventions in soft skills in undergraduate dental education. The search is aligned with Joanna Briggs Institute and PRISMA-ScR guidelines and based on predefined coding frameworks from the literatur

SUBMITTER: Szonyi V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12273369 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature