@article{ART001381451},
author={Sookhyang Kim and Sanghwan Oh and Minkang Kim and Nancy K. Mann},
title={The implement status of dental hygiene curriculum in Korea and the comparison with the US ADA standard},
journal={Journal of Korean society of Dental Hygiene},
issn={2287-1705},
year={2009},
volume={9},
number={3},
pages={229-247}
TY - JOUR
AU - Sookhyang Kim
AU - Sanghwan Oh
AU - Minkang Kim
AU - Nancy K. Mann
TI - The implement status of dental hygiene curriculum in Korea and the comparison with the US ADA standard
JO - Journal of Korean society of Dental Hygiene
PY - 2009
VL - 9
IS - 3
PB - Korean Society of Dental Hygiene
SP - 229
EP - 247
SN - 2287-1705
AB - The purpose of this study is to provide the improvement basis for Dental Hygiene education program
by analyzing the current implement status of Dental Hygiene curriculum in Korea and comparing
the status with the US ADA standard.
The researcher analyzed the Dental Hygiene syllabus limiting “Dental prophxis”, “Comprehensive
dental hygiene”subjects only from 31 universities which offer 3 years program. The main interest
was to figure the implementing status of the curriculum and to compare the actual teaching content
with the CODA 2-17 standard.
The results show that there are a number of problems in implementing the Dental Hygiene courses
among different universities. First, there is a significant inconsistence among schools in terms of
course title, total credit, hours, the ratio for theory and practice, etc. In addition, there is a big gap
between the actual content of Dental Hygiene courses and the essential/required content of CODA
2-17 standard. For instance, most of the Dental Hygiene programs in Korea cover the overall assessment
stage content and some of implementation stage content. However, very few programs deal with the planning and evaluation stage content. To improve these problematic circumstance a number
of suggestions were made. Developing the standardized curriculum for the Dental Hygiene program
might be one of the major solutions. Next, the regular accreditation and/or assessment system
for the Dental Hygiene program should be developed. This research can provide the basis for the
need to assess and improve the Dental Hygiene curriculum.
KW - dental hygienist;dental hygiene;curriculum;clinician;integrated subjects;standard development
DO -
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Sookhyang Kim, Sanghwan Oh, Minkang Kim and Nancy K. Mann. (2009). The implement status of dental hygiene curriculum in Korea and the comparison with the US ADA standard. Journal of Korean society of Dental Hygiene, 9(3), 229-247.
Sookhyang Kim, Sanghwan Oh, Minkang Kim and Nancy K. Mann. 2009, "The implement status of dental hygiene curriculum in Korea and the comparison with the US ADA standard", Journal of Korean society of Dental Hygiene, vol.9, no.3 pp.229-247.
Sookhyang Kim, Sanghwan Oh, Minkang Kim, Nancy K. Mann "The implement status of dental hygiene curriculum in Korea and the comparison with the US ADA standard" Journal of Korean society of Dental Hygiene 9.3 pp.229-247 (2009) : 229.
Sookhyang Kim, Sanghwan Oh, Minkang Kim, Nancy K. Mann. The implement status of dental hygiene curriculum in Korea and the comparison with the US ADA standard. 2009; 9(3), 229-247.
Sookhyang Kim, Sanghwan Oh, Minkang Kim and Nancy K. Mann. "The implement status of dental hygiene curriculum in Korea and the comparison with the US ADA standard" Journal of Korean society of Dental Hygiene 9, no.3 (2009) : 229-247.
Sookhyang Kim; Sanghwan Oh; Minkang Kim; Nancy K. Mann. The implement status of dental hygiene curriculum in Korea and the comparison with the US ADA standard. Journal of Korean society of Dental Hygiene, 9(3), 229-247.
Sookhyang Kim; Sanghwan Oh; Minkang Kim; Nancy K. Mann. The implement status of dental hygiene curriculum in Korea and the comparison with the US ADA standard. Journal of Korean society of Dental Hygiene. 2009; 9(3) 229-247.
Sookhyang Kim, Sanghwan Oh, Minkang Kim, Nancy K. Mann. The implement status of dental hygiene curriculum in Korea and the comparison with the US ADA standard. 2009; 9(3), 229-247.
Sookhyang Kim, Sanghwan Oh, Minkang Kim and Nancy K. Mann. "The implement status of dental hygiene curriculum in Korea and the comparison with the US ADA standard" Journal of Korean society of Dental Hygiene 9, no.3 (2009) : 229-247.