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Current education status of the community dental hygiene practice

Yeun Ju Kim 1,  Han Yang-Keum 2,  김영경 3,  Hyun-Ju Lim 4,  권양옥 5,  김한미 6,  Park Jeong Ran 7,  NAM-HEE Kim 1

1연세대학교
2대전보건대학교
3충청대학교
4동주대학교
5부산시 사상구 보건소
6강원도 횡성군 보건소
7백석대학교

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Objectives: This study was obtained to identify current education status of the community dental hygiene practice. Methods: It was designed cross section and self-reported on-line questionnaire(Survey monkey). It was performed probabilitysampling by targeting 82 dental hygiene schools(each one faculty member) in charge of community dental hygiene curriculum and254 community health centers's community dental hygienists whom was working at oral health section. The response rate was 60%and 53%, respectively. The questionnaire consisted of time, duration, practice group, evaluation method, and practice contentsincluding 63 learning objectives of dental hygiene. Results: Nearly half of these schools conduct such community field work practice in the spring semester of the junior year. Thispractice was mainly progressed based on average 4 students as one team per each one school for 7-8 hours a day during the period ofmore than 5 weeks(p<0.05). However, in case of both school and community health center, almost half of feedback after practice wasnot achieved and there was a difference in needs for practice education between schools and community health center. Conclusions: We should be considered that a sufficient consultation for the practice environment and its contents between schoolsand community health centers. It was considered that development of a standardized practice manual reflecting such requirement.

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