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http://dx.doi.org/10.17135/jdhs.2017.17.6.523

Study on Current Curriculum Analysis of Clinical Dental Hygiene for Dental Hygiene Students in Korea  

Choi, Yong-Keum (Department of Dental Hygiene, College of Health Science, Sun Moon University)
Han, Yang-Keum (Department of Dental Hygiene, Daejeon Health Institute of Technology)
Bae, Soo-Myoung (Department of Dental Hygiene, College of Dentistry and Research Institute of Oral Science, Gangneung-Wonju National University)
Kim, Jin (Department of Dental Hygiene, Hallym Polytechnic University)
Kim, Hye-Jin (Department of Dental Hygiene, Dong-Eui University)
Ahn, Se-Youn (Department of Dental Hygiene, Dongnam Health University)
Lim, Kun-Ok (Department of Dental Hygiene, College of Health Science, Sun Moon University)
Lim, Hee Jung (Department of Dental Hygiene, Eulji University)
Jang, Sun-Ok (Department of Dental Hygiene, Hallym Polytechnic University)
Jang, Yun-Jung (Department of Dental Hygiene, College of Health and Medical Science, Howon University)
Jung, Jin-Ah (Department of Dental Hygiene, Gwangyang Health Sciences University)
Jeon, Hyun-Sun (Department of Dental Hygiene, Yeoju Institiute of Technology)
Park, Ji-Eun (Dental Center, Ewha Womans University Mokdong Hosptial)
Lee, Hyo-Jin (Department of Preventive and Social Dentistry, School of Dentistry, Seoul National University)
Shin, Bo-Mi (Department of Dental Hygiene, College of Dentistry and Research Institute of Oral Science, Gangneung-Wonju National University)
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Journal of dental hygiene science / v.17, no.6, 2017 , pp. 523-532 More about this Journal
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to provide basic data to standardize the clinical dental hygiene curriculum, based on analysis of current clinical dental hygiene curricula in Korea. We emailed questionnaires to 12 schools to investigate clinical dental hygiene curricula, from February to March, 2017. We analyzed the clinical dental hygiene curricula in 5 schools with a 3-year program and in 7 schools with a 4-year program. The questionnaire comprised nine items on topics relating to clinical dental hygiene, and four items relating to the dental hygiene process and oral prophylaxis. The questionnaire included details regarding the subject name, the grade/semester/credit system, course content and class hours, the number of senior professors, and the number of patients available for dental hygiene clinical training purposes. In total, there were 96 topics listed in the curricula relating to clinical dental hygiene training, and topics varied between the schools. There was an average of 20.4 topic credits, and more credits and hours were allocated to the 4-year program than to the 3-year program. On average, the ratio of students to professors was 21.4:1. Course content included infection control, concepts for dental hygiene processes, dental hygiene assessment, intervention and evaluation, case studies, and periodontal instrumentation. An average of 2 hours per patient was spent on dental hygiene practice, with an average of 1.9 visits. On average, student clinical training involved 19 patients and 26.6 patients in the 3-year and 4-year programs, respectively. The average participation time per student per topic was 38.0 hours and 53.1 hours, in the 3-year and 4-year programs, respectively. Standardizing the clinical dental hygiene curricula in Korea will require consensus guidelines on topics, the number of classes required to achieve core competencies as a dental hygienist, and theory and practice time.
Keywords
Clinical dental hygiene curriculum; Dental hygiene school; Dental hygiene students;
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