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Research on dental hygienists’ clinical skill proficiency in core dental hygiene competency

  • Journal of Korean society of Dental Hygiene
  • Abbr : J Korean Soc Dent Hyg
  • 2016, 16(5), pp.651-660
  • Publisher : Korean Society of Dental Hygiene
  • Research Area : Medicine and Pharmacy > Dentistry

채성현 1 HieJin Noh 2 정고운 2 김하나 2 맹혜민 2 조윤상 2 박지영 2 팽경원 2 현지희 2

1연세대학교 일반대학원 치위생학과
2연세대학교 원주의과대학 치위생학과

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ABSTRACT

Objective: The purpose of the study is to investigate clinical skill proficiency in core dental hygiene competency in dental hygienists. Methods: The study subjects were 208 dental hygienists in Seoul and Gyeonggido. A complete self-reported questionnaire was filled out by 171 dental hygienists. The questionnaire consisted of general characteristics of the subjects, assessment of core dental hygiene competency, implementation of core dental hygiene competency, and education of core dental hygiene competency. Data were analyzed by PASW Statistics 18.0 to carry out a frequency analysis, one-way ANOVA and Pearson's correlation. Results: Chief complaint confirmation(4.08±0.91), scaling (ultrasonic scaler)(4.36±0.88), and toothbrushing education(4.35±0.86) were found to be the most important in the areas of dental hygiene assessment, implementation, and education, respectively. In dental hygiene education, statistically significant differences were identified by ‘level of education,’ ‘working career,’ ‘type of workplace,’ ‘department,’ and ‘main task.’ Conclusions: Respondents were found to think that their level of proficiency should be above average for most jobs. Proficiency in core competency was shown to be different according to ‘general characteristics of dental hygienists,’ ‘type of workplace,’ and ‘department.’

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