Mann Nancy Kane, Sellers Patricia A
Department of Dental Hygiene, Indiana University-Purdue University, Fort Wayne, Indiana, USA.
J Dent Hyg. 2003 Summer;77(3):168-72.
The primary objective of this descriptive study was to assess if and when dental hygiene curricula provide practice opportunities to students in teaching patient/client oral health self-care techniques and whether that experience was prior to their first clinical experience.
Data were collected through the use of descriptive research utilizing a two-page questionnaire containing some open-ended items. The survey was mailed to all 255 accredited dental hygiene programs in the United States and Puerto Rico in August 2000; 174 were returned. There was no pilot testing. The primary mailing resulted in a 68.2% return rate so a second mailing was not deemed necessary. Program administrators were asked to fill in their responses or pass the survey to faculty members in the program who teach preventive dentistry. The participating respondents were asked to describe the preventive dentistry portion of their curriculum by checking lists in the questionnaire and/or by writing responses in space provided. Specifically, respondents were asked to indicate how their program evaluated students on teaching patients self-care techniques in a preclinical and clinical setting.
Based on this survey, almost half of all dental hygiene programs provide a preventive dentistry course. The other half incorporates the appropriate information in a preclinical course. Approximately 80% of all programs responding offer a unit in their curriculum that focuses on patient education, and almost 80% evaluate students' patient education technique before they begin working in a clinical setting. The results of the survey revealed that nearly all programs view patient education as highly important and would strongly agree that patients should be able to demonstrate mastery of their newly learned techniques.
The results indicate that competency in student's teaching patient/client oral health self-care techniques is a priority for dental hygiene programs.
这项描述性研究的主要目的是评估口腔卫生课程是否以及何时为学生提供教授患者/客户口腔健康自我护理技巧的实践机会，以及这种经历是否在他们首次临床实习之前。
通过使用描述性研究收集数据，该研究采用一份包含一些开放式问题的两页问卷。2000年8月，该调查问卷被邮寄给美国和波多黎各所有255个经认可的口腔卫生项目；共收到174份回复。未进行预测试。首次邮寄的回复率为68.2%，因此认为无需进行第二次邮寄。要求项目管理人员填写回复，或将调查问卷交给项目中讲授预防牙科学的教员。参与调查的受访者被要求通过勾选问卷中的列表和/或在提供的空白处书写回复来描述其课程中的预防牙科学部分。具体而言，受访者被要求说明他们的项目如何在临床前和临床环境中评估学生教授患者自我护理技巧的情况。
基于这项调查，几乎一半的口腔卫生项目开设了预防牙科学课程。另一半则在临床前课程中纳入了相关信息。约80%做出回复的项目在其课程中设有一个专注于患者教育的单元，近80%的项目在学生开始临床实习前评估他们的患者教育技巧。调查结果显示，几乎所有项目都认为患者教育非常重要，并强烈认同患者应能够展示对新学技巧的掌握情况。
结果表明，学生教授患者/客户口腔健康自我护理技巧的能力是口腔卫生项目的优先事项。
