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http://dx.doi.org/10.17135/jdhs.2014.14.3.332

A Six-Year Study of Relationship between Academic Performance in Dental Hygiene School and Performance on the Korean Dental Hygiene Licensing Examination at Yonsei University  

Mun, So-Jung (Department of Dental Hygiene, Yonsei University Wonju College of Medicine)
Noh, Hie-Jin (Department of Dental Hygiene, Yonsei University Wonju College of Medicine)
Jeon, Hyun-Sun (Department of Dental Hygiene, Yonsei University Wonju College of Medicine)
Heo, Ji-Eun (Department of Dental Hygiene, Yonsei University Wonju College of Medicine)
Chung, Won-Gyun (Department of Dental Hygiene, Yonsei University Wonju College of Medicine)
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Journal of dental hygiene science / v.14, no.3, 2014 , pp. 332-341 More about this Journal
Abstract
This study was aimed to define the predicting factor account for the Korean Dental Hygienist Licensing Examination (KDHLE) by analyzing the academic grade score and the KDHLE score. The subjects included 185 graduates (2007, 2009, 2011~2014 graduates). The ratio of successful applicants of the subjects was 99.2%. The academic grade scores were calculated to grade point average, the KDHLE was scoring marks out of 300 (200 of written examination score and 100 of performance evaluation score) for correlation and regression analysis. The graduation grades and comprehensive examination scores correlated significantly with the KDHLE written examination scores (correlation coefficient=0.612), and KDHLE total score (correlation coefficient=0.258). First~third grade score and comprehensive examination scores correlated significantly with KDHLE total scores (p<0.05). Especially, there are the highest correlated between second comprehensive examination scores and KDHLE total scores (correlation coefficient=0.455), the last score in time sequence is the important factors account for the KDHLE total score. But there is no correlation between academic grade score and KDHLE performance evaluation scores, therefore it is necessary to study for determine the reason. The results of multiple linear regression analysis, second grade score and the average score of comprehensive examination were the main predicting factors account for the KDHLE total score, the explanatory power was 31.6%. Our results show that KDHLE total and written examination scores are predicted by the academic grade score reliably, but not the KDHLE performance evaluation scores. Further studies are needed to determine relationship between dental hygiene education and KDHLE.
Keywords
Academic grade scores; Dental hygiene education; Korean Dental Hygiene Licensing Examination;
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