美国东北大学儿科执业护士学生的跨专业口腔健康项目的效果。
Effectiveness of interprofessional oral health program for pediatric nurse practitioner students at Northeastern University, United States.
机构信息
Department of Pediatric Dentistry, Tufts University School of Dental Medicine, 1 Kneeland Street, Boston, MA, 02111, USA.
Department of Dental Public Health, Faculty of Dentistry, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
出版信息
BMC Oral Health. 2019 Aug 1;19(1):170. doi: 10.1186/s12903-019-0861-y.
BACKGROUND
Interprofessional education (IPE) is an important part of the landscape of modern education. However, there is a significant deficiency of studies that evaluate IPE in dentistry. The aim of this article is to evaluate the effects of an oral health educational program on the dental knowledge, awareness, attitude, confidence, and behavior of pediatric nurse practitioner (PNP) students and to emphasize the importance of IPE for PNP.
METHODS
First-year pediatric nurse practitioners from Northeastern University participated in an IPE oral health education seminal and practical session as a pilot study. Several tests were used to evaluate the effectiveness of the educational program. The post-test assessed the knowledge, awareness, attitude, confidence, and behavior of the students immediately after attending the lecture; again immediately after hands on experience; and finally at a follow-up approximately a month after attending the training module. The training module consists of prevention and anticipatory guidance; caries process and management; trauma and dental emergencies. Differences in score items were evaluated between 4 time points. Friedman's, Wilcoxon signed-rank and McNemar's tests were used to analyze the results.
RESULTS
Knowledge score was determined based on the number of correct responses to seven questions, while awareness score was based on the median of eight questions. Fifteen confidence, attitude, and behavior questions were used. The total sample size was 16 students with a mean age 33.31 ± 7.52. The majority were females (87.5%). Significant improvement was seen in all subjects' overall knowledge of oral health topics. The confidence, attitude, and behavior scores were differed by time of test (P < 0.01). It was the highest after post-test and the lowest in pre-test.
CONCLUSION
Our study suggests that introducing an Interprofessional education program for pediatric nurse practitioner students can provide them with adequate knowledge, awareness, confidence, and attitude regarding oral health issues. It also can help them in changing behavior, prevention and ongoing dental surveillance.
背景
专业间教育（IPE）是现代教育的重要组成部分。然而，评估牙科 IPE 的研究存在显著不足。本文旨在评估口腔健康教育计划对儿科护士从业者（PNP）学生的牙科知识、意识、态度、信心和行为的影响，并强调 IPE 对 PNP 的重要性。
方法
来自东北大学的一年级儿科护士从业者参加了 IPE 口腔健康教育基础理论和实践课程，作为试点研究。多项测试用于评估教育计划的效果。 测试 后评估学生在参加讲座后立即、在实际操作后立即、最后在参加培训模块约一个月后对知识、意识、态度、信心和行为的理解。培训模块包括预防和预期指导；龋齿过程和管理；创伤和牙科急症。在 4 个时间点评估得分项目的差异。使用 Friedman 检验、Wilcoxon 符号秩检验和 McNemar 检验分析结果。
结果
知识得分基于对 7 个问题的正确回答数，而意识得分基于 8 个问题的中位数。15 个信心、态度和行为问题被使用。总样本量为 16 名学生，平均年龄 33.31±7.52。大多数是女性（87.5%）。所有受试者的口腔健康主题整体知识均有显著提高。信心、态度和行为得分随测试时间而不同（P<0.01）。测试后最高，测试前最低。
结论
我们的研究表明，为儿科护士从业者学生引入 IPE 教育计划可以为他们提供有关口腔健康问题的足够知识、意识、信心和态度。它还可以帮助他们改变行为、预防和持续的牙科监测。
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