Henesy Mhairi A, Henderson Rebecca P, Gross Erin L, Shah Anjum, Kearney Rachel C
Division of Dental Hygiene, The Ohio State University College of Dentistry, Columbus, Ohio, USA.
Division of Pediatric Dentistry, Pediatric Dentistry, The Ohio State College of Dentistry, Columbus, Ohio, USA.
J Dent Educ. 2025 Mar;89(3):355-362. doi: 10.1002/jdd.13741. Epub 2024 Oct 10.
Interprofessional education and intraprofessional learning experiences are fundamental to becoming an efficient member of the healthcare team for dental and dental hygiene students. The purpose of this study is to determine the attitudes and perceptions of The Ohio State University's dental and dental hygiene students on intraprofessional education and collaboration.
Dental and dental hygiene students at The Ohio State College of Dentistry were surveyed in this cross-sectional study about their readiness for intraprofessional learning. The questionnaire was modeled after a study conducted by Brame et al. which focused on assessing students' readiness for intraprofessional education and determining their perceptions towards the use of intraprofessional education.
Two hundred and seventy students completed the questionnaire for a 61.3% response rate. Dental hygiene students agreed more to how incorporating shared learning would help to think more positively about other oral health care professionals (p = 0.025) and would help students to become better oral health care team members (p = 0.002). Dental students agreed more than dental hygiene students that the function of a dental hygienist is to provide support for dentists (p ≤ 0.001) and that they must acquire more knowledge than other oral health care students (p ≤ 0.001). Most students (93%) agreed that intraprofessional learning would help in becoming a more effective oral health care team member.
Dental hygiene students feel more strongly than dental students about including intraprofessional education in their learning. However, all students were receptive to the idea of incorporating intraprofessional practices.
对于牙科和口腔卫生专业的学生而言，跨专业教育和专业内学习经历是成为高效医疗团队成员的基础。本研究的目的是确定俄亥俄州立大学牙科和口腔卫生专业学生对专业内教育与合作的态度和看法。
在这项横断面研究中，对俄亥俄州立大学牙科学院的牙科和口腔卫生专业学生进行了关于他们对专业内学习准备情况的调查。该问卷以布拉姆等人进行的一项研究为蓝本，该研究重点评估学生对专业内教育的准备情况，并确定他们对使用专业内教育的看法。
270名学生完成了问卷，回复率为61.3%。口腔卫生专业学生更认同共享学习如何有助于更积极地看待其他口腔医疗专业人员（p = 0.025），以及如何有助于学生成为更好的口腔医疗团队成员（p = 0.002）。牙科专业学生比口腔卫生专业学生更认同口腔卫生士的职能是为牙医提供支持（p≤0.001），以及他们必须比其他口腔医疗专业学生获取更多知识（p≤0.001）。大多数学生（93%）同意专业内学习有助于成为更有效的口腔医疗团队成员。
与牙科专业学生相比，口腔卫生专业学生对在学习中纳入专业内教育的感受更为强烈。然而，所有学生都接受纳入专业内实践的想法。
