Seacat Jason P, Inglehart Marita Rohr
Department of Psychology, Eastern Michigan University, USA.
J Dent Educ. 2003 Jun;67(6):630-40.
This study investigated dental and dental hygiene students' a) perceptions of their education about treating patients with HIV infections/AIDS, b) knowledge of universal precautions, c) attitudes towards treating these patients and patients perceived to be at risk for HIV infections, and d) evaluations of potential curricular activities such as discussion groups with HIV-infected patients. Data were collected with self-administered questionnaires from 315 dental and 89 dental hygiene students. On average, dental students reported having learned about this topic in fever courses than dental hygiene students. However, dental students answered significantly more knowledge questions about universal precautions correctly than did dental hygiene students. This knowledge increased over the program course. Male students had significantly stronger negative attitudes towards patients at risk for or with HIV infections/AIDS than female students. Overall, dental and dental hygiene students responded positively to the suggested methods for including more material about patients with HIV infections/AIDS such as case studies, discussion groups, and closely supervised clinical experiences. This study shows that dental and dental hygiene students are interested in learning more about treating patients with HIV infections/AIDS. It also adds information to previous research on factors involved in the dental healthcare providers' decisions to treat patients at risk for or with HIV infections/AIDS. The implications of these findings for curriculum development efforts are discussed.
a) 对治疗艾滋病毒感染/艾滋病患者相关教育的认知；b) 对通用预防措施的了解；c) 对治疗这些患者以及被认为有感染艾滋病毒风险患者的态度；d) 对潜在课程活动（如与艾滋病毒感染患者进行讨论小组）的评价。通过自填问卷收集了315名牙科专业学生和89名口腔卫生专业学生的数据。平均而言，牙科专业学生报告称比口腔卫生专业学生在更少的课程中学习过该主题。然而，牙科专业学生在关于通用预防措施的知识问答中答对的题目显著多于口腔卫生专业学生。随着课程推进，这种知识有所增加。男学生对有感染艾滋病毒风险或感染艾滋病毒/艾滋病的患者的负面态度明显强于女学生。总体而言，牙科和口腔卫生专业学生对所建议的纳入更多关于艾滋病毒感染/艾滋病患者资料的方法（如案例研究、讨论小组和密切监督的临床经验）反应积极。本研究表明，牙科和口腔卫生专业学生有兴趣更多地了解治疗艾滋病毒感染/艾滋病患者的知识。它还为先前关于影响牙科医疗服务提供者决定治疗有感染艾滋病毒风险或感染艾滋病毒/艾滋病患者的因素的研究增添了信息。讨论了这些发现对课程开发工作的启示。
