Boyleston Erin S, Collins Marie A
Department of Dental Hygiene, College of Allied Health Sciences, Georgia Health Sciences University, GA, USA.
J Dent Hyg. 2012 Summer;86(3):168-78. Epub 2012 Aug 27.
Educational models in health care professions have changed drastically since on-the-job training models. The purpose of this manuscript was to investigate how the professions of physical therapy, occupational therapy, physician assistant, nursing and respiratory therapy have advanced their educational models for entry into practice and to recommend how dental hygiene can integrate similar models to advance the profession. The recommendations are to create an accreditation council for dental hygiene education and to mandate articulation agreements for baccalaureate degree completion in developing and existing programs. Dental hygiene must continue on the path to advance our profession and glean lessons from other health professions.
自在职培训模式以来，医疗保健行业的教育模式发生了巨大变化。本手稿的目的是研究物理治疗、职业治疗、医师助理、护理和呼吸治疗等专业如何推进其进入实践的教育模式，并就口腔卫生如何整合类似模式以推进该专业提出建议。建议是为口腔卫生教育设立一个认证委员会，并在新开发的和现有的项目中强制要求达成学士学位完成的衔接协议。口腔卫生必须继续走在推进我们专业发展的道路上，并从其他健康专业中汲取经验教训。
