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J Dent Educ. 2010 Jan;74(1):79-87.
To assist the ADEA Council of Allied Dental Program Directors in focusing future goals and actions, an online survey was developed and administered to the directors of the 300 Commission on Dental Accreditation (CODA)-accredited U.S. dental hygiene programs in November 2008. The survey solicited directors' opinions about certain contemporary dental hygiene issues such as entry-level education, the use of articulation agreements, the advanced dental hygiene practitioner (ADHP) model proposed by the American Dental Hygienists' Association, and accreditation. Over three-quarters of survey respondents indicated it is "important" or "somewhat important" to advance the entry-level educational requirements for dental hygiene practice to the baccalaureate level. Educational setting (four-year versus two-year) was a significant determinant in whether a respondent thought a baccalaureate degree should result from a dental hygiene educational program. Fifty-six percent of respondents' programs either have or are in the process of developing articulation agreements with other institutions. Seventy percent of all respondents felt it was important to support advancing the ADHP model. Over 60 percent of respondents noted the importance of developing competencies for degree completion and graduate programs, and 42 percent of respondents indicated that it was important to have a separate accreditation process for graduate-level programs. Conclusions suggest advancing entry-level education for dental hygiene is desired if it can maintain a role for both four-year and two-year institutions.
为了协助 ADEA 联盟牙科项目主任理事会（CODA）确定未来的目标和行动，我们开发并于 2008 年 11 月向 300 个获得 CODA 认证的美国牙科卫生项目主任进行了在线调查。该调查旨在征求主任们对某些当代牙科卫生问题的意见，例如入门级教育、使用衔接协议、美国牙科保健师协会（ADA）提出的高级牙科保健师（ADHP）模式以及认证。超过四分之三的调查受访者表示，将牙科卫生实践的入门级教育要求提高到学士学位水平“很重要”或“有些重要”。教育环境（四年制与两年制）是受访者是否认为学士学位应源自牙科卫生教育计划的重要决定因素。56%的受访者所在的项目已经或正在与其他机构制定衔接协议。70%的受访者认为支持推进 ADHP 模式很重要。超过 60%的受访者指出，为学位完成和研究生课程制定能力很重要，而 42%的受访者表示，对于研究生水平的课程，有一个单独的认证过程很重要。结论表明，如果四年制和两年制机构都能发挥作用，那么推进牙科卫生的入门级教育是可取的。
