Mugayar Leda Regina Fernandes, Perez Edna, Nagasawa Pamela R, Brown David G, Tolentino Lissette A, Kuang Huan S, Behar-Horenstein Linda S
Leda Regina Fernandes Mugayar is Associate Professor of Pediatric Dentistry, College of Dentistry, University of Florida; Edna Perez is Assistant Clinical Professor of Pediatric Dentistry, College of Dentistry, University of Florida; Pamela R. Nagasawa is Assistant Professor, Biomedical Informatics and Medical Education, School of Medicine, University of Washington; David G. Brown is Professor, College of Dentistry, University of Nebraska Medical Center; Lissette A. Tolentino is at the CTSI Clinical Translational Science Institute, University of Florida; Huan S. Kuang is at the CTSI Clinical Translational Science Institute, University of Florida; and Linda S. Behar-Horenstein, PhD, is Professor Emeritus, University of Florida.
J Dent Educ. 2019 Mar;83(3):296-302. doi: 10.21815/JDE.019.029. Epub 2019 Jan 28.
The aim of this replication study was to determine if prior findings at one U.S. dental school about dental students' comfort discussing and perceptions of the relevance of 15 risk behaviors to adolescent patient oral health care would be observed at other institutions. All first- and fourth-year dental students (n=414) at three U.S. dental schools in fall 2017 were invited to participate, and 218 completed the survey (52.7% response rate). These students reported feeling comfortable to uncomfortable discussing risk behaviors with adolescent patients, yet perceived those risk behaviors as relevant to their oral health. There were significant differences in student comfort discussing risk behaviors with adolescents and their perceptions of relevance by gender, age, class status, and school location. Males were more comfortable than females discussing oral health risk behaviors. There were no significant differences by race/ethnicity. Fourth-year students had higher levels of comfort discussing risk behaviors than first-year students. Compared to students in the South and Midwest schools, students at the West school were more comfortable discussing selected topics and had higher perceptions of their relevance to adolescent oral health care. These results suggest there is room for improvement in this area of dental education. Dental schools should aim to strengthen students' knowledge of and comfort in discussing oral health risk behaviors with adolescent patients with the use of educational activities and clinical experiences.
这项重复研究的目的是确定美国一所牙科学院先前关于牙科学生在讨论15种风险行为以及对这些行为与青少年患者口腔保健相关性的认知方面的研究结果，在其他机构是否也能得到验证。2017年秋季，美国三所牙科学院的所有一年级和四年级牙科学生（n = 414）受邀参与研究，218名学生完成了调查（回复率为52.7%）。这些学生表示，在与青少年患者讨论风险行为时，感觉从自在到不自在都有，但他们认为这些风险行为与青少年的口腔健康相关。在与青少年讨论风险行为时，学生的自在程度以及他们对相关性的认知在性别、年龄、年级和学校所在地方面存在显著差异。男性在讨论口腔健康风险行为时比女性更自在。不同种族/族裔之间没有显著差异。四年级学生在讨论风险行为时比一年级学生更自在。与南部和中西部学校的学生相比，西部学校的学生在讨论特定话题时更自在，并且对这些话题与青少年口腔保健的相关性认知更高。这些结果表明，牙科教育的这一领域仍有改进空间。牙科学校应通过开展教育活动和临床实践，加强学生在与青少年患者讨论口腔健康风险行为方面的知识和自在程度。
