Journal of Korean Academy of Dental Administration (대한치과의료관리학회지)

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Dental hygiene students' awareness of their legal scope and petition for medical personnel

치과위생사의 법적업무범위와 의료인화에 대한 치위생학 전공 학생들의 인식

  • Kim, Myoung-Hee (Department of Dental Hygiene, College of Health Science, Eulji University) ;
  • Lim, Youn-Hee (Institute of Environmental Medicine, Seoul National University Medical Research Center) ;
  • Lee, Kyung Ae (Department of Dental Hygiene, College of Health Science, Eulji University) ;
  • Kim, Su Jin (Department of Dental Hygiene, College of Health Science, Eulji University) ;
  • Kim, Yun Ji (Graduate School of Public Health, Hanyang University)
  • 김명희 (을지대학교 보건과학대학 치위생학과) ;
  • 임연희 (서울대학교 의과대학 의학연구원 환경의학연구소) ;
  • 이경애 (을지대학교 보건과학대학 치위생학과) ;
  • 김수진 (을지대학교 보건과학대학 치위생학과) ;
  • 김윤지 (한양대학교 보건대학원)
  • Received : 2018.10.06
  • Accepted : 2018.10.28
  • Published : 2018.10.31
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Abstract

This study aimed to assess dental hygiene students' and other medical personnel's knowledge of dental hygienists' legal responsibilities. A self-reported questionnaire was conducted for 2 weeks from March 25 to April 9, 2017. One of the main questions focused on the legal scope of practice for dental hygienists according to current medical technicians. A total of 298 subjects' responses were analyzed. We found that 62.1% of the respondents were aware of dental hygienists' legal responsibilities. Of the dental hygiene students surveyed, 93.6% replied that they were aware of other medical personnel's expectations. Responses to 12 legal questions were shown to have different distributions depending upon the level of dental hygienist education. Overall, knowledge of dental hygienist legal responsibilities was more comprehensive for senior students in each legal topic. However, few students (1.7%) answered all 12 legal questions correctly. In conclusion, dental hygiene students' awareness of their profession's legal scope should be improved. In addition, the Korean Dental Hygienists Association needs to more actively promote understanding of the profession's legal scope as well as of medical personnel's expectations of dental hygienists' legal roles.

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이 논문은 2018년도 정부(교육부)의 재원으로 한국연구재단의 지원을 받아 수행된 기초연구사업임(No. 2018017261).