Cheng Feng-Chou, Wang Ling-Hsia, Lin Tzu-Chiang, Chang Yung-Ta, Lee Ming-Chung, Chiang Chun-Pin
School of Life Science, National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei, Taiwan.
Science Education Center, National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei, Taiwan.
J Dent Sci. 2022 Jul;17(3):1253-1259. doi: 10.1016/j.jds.2022.04.015. Epub 2022 Apr 30.
BACKGROUND/PURPOSE: Good oral health is important for general health of the body. This study aimed to evaluate an innovative design incorporating oral health education related to oral pathogenic bacteria into a microbiology laboratory curriculum for students of department of life science by evaluating the students' perspectives on the oral health curriculum.
Twenty-six students who took the elective course entitled "Microbiology Laboratory" in the National Taiwan Normal University in 2022 were invited to fill out the questionnaire for a presurvey regarding their familiarity with basic oral health concepts, and a postsurvey in which the students answered the same presurvey questions after finishing the class.
Of the 26 students, 25 (96.15%) participated in both the presurvey and postsurvey. The results showed that the learning unit of oral health education related to oral pathogenic bacteria helped students in raising their concepts of oral health. To the questions asking that I understand the bacteria that cause dental caries and the pathogenic mechanism and I understand the bacteria that cause periodontal diseases and the pathogenic mechanism, the numbers of students who agreed both questions increased from 2 (8%) to 25 (100%), respectively. Moreover, the mean scores increased from 2.64 to 4.32 ( < 0.001) and from 2.68 to 4.32 ( < 0.001) for the two corresponding questions, respectively.
The learning unit of oral health education in the microbiology laboratory curriculum helped the students of department of life science to increase their awareness and understanding of oral health.
背景/目的：良好的口腔健康对身体整体健康很重要。本研究旨在通过评估学生对口腔健康课程的看法，来评价一种将与口腔致病细菌相关的口腔健康教育纳入生命科学系学生微生物学实验室课程的创新设计。
邀请了2022年在国立台湾师范大学选修“微生物学实验室”课程的26名学生填写一份关于他们对基本口腔健康概念熟悉程度的预调查问卷，以及一份在课程结束后学生回答相同预调查问题的后调查问卷。
26名学生中，25名（96.15%）参与了预调查和后调查。结果表明，与口腔致病细菌相关的口腔健康教育学习单元有助于学生提升口腔健康观念。对于“我了解导致龋齿的细菌及其致病机制”和“我了解导致牙周疾病的细菌及其致病机制”这两个问题，回答同意的学生人数分别从2名（8%）增加到25名（100%）。此外，这两个相应问题的平均得分分别从2.64提高到4.32（P<0.001）和从2.68提高到4.32（P<0.001）。
微生物学实验室课程中的口腔健康教育学习单元有助于生命科学系学生提高对口腔健康的认识和理解。
