{"id":53,"date":"2017-01-22T15:41:40","date_gmt":"2017-01-22T15:41:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wpdev.acsu.buffalo.edu\/rdc-tmdinternational\/?page_id=53"},"modified":"2026-03-30T13:05:54","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T13:05:54","slug":"examiner-training","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/inform-iadr.com\/index.php\/tmd-assessmentdiagnosis\/examiner-training\/","title":{"rendered":"Examiner Training"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td>The Examiner Training and Reliability Committee&nbsp;provides guidelines on how to teach\/learn DC\/TMD at three levels: Self-instruction, a two-day didactic course, and a two-day didactic course + reliability assessment. The Committee also keeps an updated list of official DC\/TMD Training Centers, Reference Standard Examiners and Protocol Supervisors. In addition, the Committee promotes creation of new Consortium DC\/TMD Training Centers, which is essential for the implementation of DC\/TMD in both general dentistry and speciality care.<strong>Training and Calibration Guidelines<\/strong>Examiner training, calibration and reliability are fundamental parts of the DC\/TMD in order to achieve reliable and comparable diagnostic results. The Network\u2019s Guidelines for Training, Calibration and Reliability Assessment descibes requirements for the three main levels of training and calibration: from self-instruction to training and calibration with and without reliability assessment.The Guidelines also list Training and Calibration Centers, Protocol Supervisors and Reference Standard Examiners who may assist in examiner training.<strong>Instructional videos and documentation for DC\/TMD training<\/strong>Training documentation and instruction videos can be found on the right side. Materials in other languages can be developed and posted here.\n<p>The Consortium Committee for&nbsp;Training and Reliability<br>Michail Koutris, Chair (<a href=\"mailto:m.koutris@acta.nl\">m.koutris@acta.nl<\/a>)<br>ACTA University<br>Netherlands<\/p>\n<\/td><td>\n<h4>More&#8230;<\/h4>\n<table id=\"dnn_ctr9021_Default_List_grdData\" class=\"dnnGrid\" style=\"height: 514px;\" width=\"438\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"4\">\n<tbody>\n<tr class=\"dnnGridHeader\" valign=\"top\">\n<th scope=\"col\"><a>Resource<\/a><\/th>\n<th scope=\"col\"><a>Link<\/a><\/th>\n<th scope=\"col\"><a>Modified Date<\/a><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"dnnGridItem\" align=\"left\">\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">Training and Calibration Guidelines<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/inform-iadr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/DCTMD-Training-and-Calibration-Guidelines_20210815.pdf\">Open<\/a><\/td>\n<td>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Aug 16, 2021<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"dnnGridAltItem\" align=\"left\">\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">DC\/TMD examination instructional video: English<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mededportal.org\/publication\/9946\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Open<\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; published November 20,&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;2014 at MedEdPORTAL<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"dnnGridItem\" align=\"left\">\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">DC\/TMD examination instructional video: Swedish<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/emmer.com\/RDC\/DC-TMD SWE Spec 141103 WEB.mp4\">Open<\/a><\/td>\n<td>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; October 2014<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h4>Consortium DC\/TMD Training Centers<\/h4>\n<table cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"4\">\n<tbody>\n<tr class=\"dnnGridHeader\" valign=\"top\">\n<th scope=\"col\"><a>Center<\/a><\/th>\n<th scope=\"col\"><a>Contact<\/a><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"dnnGridItem\" align=\"left\">\n<td>Aarhus University, Denmark<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"mailto:karina.bendixen@dent.au.dk\">Karina Bendixen<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"dnnGridAltItem\" align=\"left\">\n<td>Leipzig University, Germany<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"mailto:oliver.schierz@medizin.uni-leipzig.de\">Oliver Schierz<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"dnnGridAltItem\" align=\"left\">\n<td>Malm\u00f6 University, Sweden<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"mailto:per.alstergren@mah.se\">Per Alstergren<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"dnnGridAltItem\" align=\"left\">\n<td>National University of Singapore, Singapore<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"mailto:svensson@nus.edu.sg\">Peter Svensson<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"dnnGridAltItem\" align=\"left\">\n<td>Nihon University, Japan<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"mailto:komiyama.osamu@nihon-u.ac.jp\">Komiyama Osamu<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"dnnGridItem\" align=\"left\">\n<td>Oulu University, Finland<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"mailto:kirsi.sipila@oulu.fi\">Kirsi Sipil\u00e4<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"dnnGridAltItem\" align=\"left\">\n<td>Ume\u00e5 University, Sweden<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"mailto:catharina.osterlund@umu.se\">Catharina \u00d6sterlund<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>x<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Examiner Training and Reliability Committee&nbsp;provides guidelines on how to teach\/learn DC\/TMD at three levels: Self-instruction, a two-day didactic course, and a two-day didactic course + reliability assessment. The Committee also keeps an updated list of official DC\/TMD Training Centers, Reference Standard Examiners and Protocol Supervisors. 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