Division of Pediatric Dentistry, Department of Developmental Sciences, Marquette University School of Dentistry, Milwaukee, WI 53201-1881, USA.
J Dent Educ. 2010 Feb;74(2):123-9.
The study objective was to assess predoctoral dental students' experience with a caries risk assessment computer program in the pediatric dentistry clinic at Marquette University School of Dentistry. In 2005, spring semester sophomore dental students (class of 2008) were introduced to the caries risk assessment computer program "Cariogram." The students received a fifty-minute lecture on caries risk assessment and a demonstration on how to use Cariogram in the clinic. After two years of clinical exposure to Cariogram, sixty-six out of eighty senior dental students completed an anonymous eleven-item questionnaire on their experience with the tool. Each item on the questionnaire was scored on a five-point Likert scale with the exception of two questions. Full- and part-time faculty members in the pediatric dentistry clinic were involved in teaching and supervising students in the use of Cariogram for caries risk assessment after their training and calibration. Forty-five percent of the students who participated in the study agreed that Cariogram was easy to understand, and 18 percent disagreed. Thirty-six percent felt that it was easy to apply, and 25 percent reported that it was useful in determining caries preventive procedures. The students reported that 60 percent of full-time and 33 percent of part-time faculty were knowledgeable about Cariogram use. A majority of the students felt that Cariogram was not easy to understand, and eighty-two percent of them reported that they would not be using Cariogram in their private offices. Future studies should explore reasons why students do not feel inclined to use Cariogram as a caries risk assessment tool in their private practices even after being exposed to the tool in dental school.
本研究旨在评估马里兰大学牙科学院儿童牙科诊所的牙科学预修生对龋病风险评估计算机程序的使用体验。2005 年，春季学期大二牙科学学生（2008 届）开始接触龋病风险评估计算机程序“Cariogram”。学生们接受了五十分钟的龋病风险评估讲座和在诊所使用 Cariogram 的演示。经过两年的临床使用 Cariogram 的经验，80 名高年级牙科学学生中有 66 名完成了一份关于他们使用该工具经验的匿名十一项调查问卷。调查问卷的每个项目都采用五点李克特量表评分，除了两个问题。在儿童牙科诊所参与教学和监督学生使用 Cariogram 进行龋病风险评估的全职和兼职教员在接受培训和校准后使用该程序。参与研究的学生中有 45%的人认为 Cariogram 易于理解，而 18%的人则不同意。36%的人认为它易于应用，25%的人报告说它有助于确定龋病预防措施。学生们报告说，60%的全职和 33%的兼职教员对 Cariogram 的使用有所了解。大多数学生认为 Cariogram 不易理解，其中 82%的人表示他们不会在私人诊所使用 Cariogram。未来的研究应该探讨为什么即使在牙科学院接触到该工具后，学生们仍然不愿意将 Cariogram 用作私人实践中的龋病风险评估工具的原因。
