Division of Dental Hygiene, School of Dentistry, University of Minnesota, 9-372 Moos Tower, 515 Delaware Street, SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA.
J Dent Educ. 2013 Aug;77(8):1042-51.
To prepare dental hygienists for future roles in the health care system, dental hygiene education must prepare graduates with skills, ethics, and values that align with professional responsibility. The objective of this study was to determine the effectiveness of curricular changes designed to develop professional identity and responsibility over the entire span of the dental hygiene curriculum. Twenty-four dental hygiene students at the University of Minnesota were surveyed about their attitudes toward access to dental care, society's and health professionals' responsibility to care for the underserved, and their personal efficacy to provide care for the underserved. Surveys were conducted at three time points in the curriculum. The Attitudes Toward Health Care instrument adapted by Holtzman for dental use was used to survey the students. The findings indicate that this institution's curricular changes were effective in cultivating professional responsibility among these students. Their attitude scores increased across the six-semester curriculum, and students in their last semester of the program believed that all individuals have a right to dental care and that society has an obligation to provide dental care. These students' sense of obligation to care for the needy became stronger and their perceptions of their own ability to impact the community and act as an agent of change also increased.
为了让口腔保健员为未来在医疗体系中的角色做好准备，口腔保健教育必须使毕业生具备与专业责任相一致的技能、道德和价值观。本研究的目的是确定课程改革在整个口腔保健课程中培养专业认同和责任感的效果。明尼苏达大学的 24 名口腔保健专业学生接受了关于他们对获得口腔护理的态度、社会和卫生专业人员照顾服务不足人群的责任以及他们为服务不足人群提供护理的个人效能的调查。在课程的三个时间点进行了调查。使用霍茨曼（Holtzman）为口腔护理改编的《卫生保健态度量表》（Attitudes Toward Health Care instrument）对学生进行了调查。研究结果表明，该机构的课程改革在培养这些学生的专业责任感方面非常有效。他们的态度评分在整个六学期的课程中有所提高，而且在该计划的最后一个学期，学生们认为每个人都有接受口腔护理的权利，社会有义务提供口腔护理。这些学生照顾有需要的人的义务感变得更强，他们对自己影响社区和作为变革推动者的能力的看法也有所增强。
