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Female College Students’ Perception of Work Scope of Dental Hygienist and Boundaries of Medical Personnel according to the Major
Journal of The Korea Society of Computer and Information
Abbr :
JKSCI
2020, 25(3), pp.177-183
Publisher : The Korean Society Of Computer And Information
Research Area : Computer Science
2020, 25(3), pp.177-183
Publisher : The Korean Society Of Computer And Information
Research Area : Computer Science
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The purpose of the study is to investigate the women’s college students’ perceptions on work scope of dental hygienists and the inclusion of dental hygienists in the category of medical personnel. A self-reported questionnaire was completed by 180 Suwon women’s college students from August 26, to September 11, 2019. The questionnaire consisted of oral health condition of the subjects, perception of both legal and illegal work scope of dental hygienist, the degree of recognition of medical personnel occupations by subject, and the reason why they thought dental hygienists are medical personnel. The collected data were analyzed based on frequency, percentage, and descriptive statistics using IBM SPSS VER 22.0. It showed significantly different perception of work scope of dental hygienists according to the major. Percent of 70 of the subjects perceived dental hygienist as a medical personnel, the opinions on the necessity were as follows: The Ministry of Health and Welfare issues a license through the national examination role and dental hygienists assist the care of dentist. Therefore, clinical dental hygienists should be promoted to medical personnel through the amendment of the medical law so that the duties practiced by the dental hygienist can be matched with the legal practice.
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