• Journal of Korean society of Dental Hygiene
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• v.10 no.1
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• pp.197-213
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• 2010

Objectives : This research identified the frequency and satisfaction level of the observation and performance practice during the clinical practice process conducted by dental hygiene students. With the goal of providing base data required for the development and operation of increasingly effective clinical practice program and for the improvement of the existing clinical practice training. Methods : The subjects in this study were 278 students of a university located in Masan. Survey comprised of 49 questions in 10 clinical practice domains was conducted. Results : 1. As for the observation practice by each grade, there was significant difference in oral radiology, pediatric dentistry, periodontology, oral surgery(p<0.05). As for the performance practice executed for each grade, there was significant difference in the oral radiology, preventive dentistry and oral surgery(p<0.05). As for the satisfaction level for each grade, there was significant difference in basic medical service(p<0.05). 2. As for the observation practice by each clinical practice institution, there was significant difference in oral medicine, oral radiology, preventive dentistry, prosthodontics, pediatric dentistry, orthodontics and oral surgery(p<0.05). As for the performance practice executed by each practice institution, there was significant difference in basic medical service, oral medicine, oral radiology, operative dentistry, prosthodontics, orthodontics, oral surgery(p<0.05). As for the satisfaction level by each practice institution, there was significant difference in the oral radiology, preventive dentistry, operative dentistry, prosthodontics, orthodontics, oral surgery(p<0.05). Conclusions : As for the satisfaction level for the clinical practice, basic medical service is the crimary care clinical practice which is most basic and that is executed the most in a dental clinic. Satisfaction level was the highest in the domains where there were extensive observation and practice frequency. By conducting observation and practice frequency in the clinical practice process by each clinical practice domain in a broad and diverse manner, it would be possible to improve the ability of the clinical practice trainees who improve their clinical work execution capability and satisfaction level on the clinical practice.

• Perspectives in Nursing Science
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• v.14 no.1
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• pp.1-9
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• 2017

Purpose: To study the internal psychological conflicts among nursing students during an infection control protocol carried out in the hospital by measuring their observation skills and performance during clinical training. Methods: Investigation of both pre- and post- infection control was conducted using questionnaires for clinical infection practices. We identified and evaluated the students' observation skills, clinical performance, clinical perception, and internal conflict regarding clinical infection control. We also interviewed the students as part of our study. Results: Among parameters such as clinical performance, observation skills, clinical perception, and internal conflict, the average observation skills (t=5.49, p<.001) were significantly lower, while internal conflict among students (t=-7.23, p<.001) was significantly higher than expected prior to clinical training. Generally, there was a negative correlation between observation skills and internal conflict in every aspect of infection control practice (r=-.281, p=.031). Internal conflict was significantly higher than expected in the context of hand hygiene (t=-2.135, p=.037), personal hygiene (t=-3.48, p=.002), and ventilator management (t=-3.69, p<.001). Clinical performance of students in the context of hand hygiene (t=4.69, p<.001), personal hygiene (t=2.06, p=.044), and ventilator management (t=2.68, p<.001) was significantly lower than expected prior to clinical training. Conclusion: Our findings showed that internal psychological conflict is higher when infection control practices are observed or performed to a lesser degree. Therefore, reinforcing education regarding infection control among students, such as developing a systematic program, or consecutive training and monitoring, is suggested.

• Journal of Korean society of Dental Hygiene
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• v.10 no.3
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• pp.503-512
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• 2010

Objectives : In this study, in order to provide basic data for more efficient and systematic clinical practice training by recognizing the need of effective and standardized operation of clinical practice accomplished in clinical fields belonging to the curriculum of dental hygiene department, grasping, investigating, and analyzing satisfaction degree of the clinical practice through student's frequency of observation practice and performance practice. Methods : A survey was conducted against 208 students in the 3rd grade of 4 dental hygiene departments located in Jeonbuk province. Results : As results, it was found that for the observation practice frequency according to clinical practice term by universities, the basic clinical practice was higher in A, B, and D university and that the correction and practice was higher in D university. For the performance practice frequency, it was found that basic care practice was higher in B and D university, oral medicine practice, preventive dentistry practice, and periodontal practice were higher in A and C university, pediatric dentistry practice was higher in B and C university, prosthetic dentistry practice was higher in A, B, and C university, and oral surgery practice was higher in B university. It was identified that satisfaction was higher in the basic care practice, the preventive dentistry practice, and the periodontal practice in the range of clinical practice, and the A and C university receiving higher score in the performance practice frequency got higher score in the oral medicine practice, the preventive dentistry practice, and the periodontal practice. Conclusions : As the basic care practice items in the clinical practice area which got relatively higher score in observation practice, performance practice, and satisfaction degree of the dental hygiene trainee are basic and essential works that they will perform the most frequently, it is considered that integrated clinical practice training including the intramural practice course is required.

• Journal of Korean society of Dental Hygiene
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• v.17 no.6
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• pp.1067-1080
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• 2017

Objectives: This study analyzed the perception towards clinical practice education content held by dental hygiene students in dental institutions and their perceived importance of dental hygienists' clinical duties. Methods: The subjects of this study were 182 dental hygienists who were working at dental institutions in Seoul, Gyeonggi, and Chungcheong areas. A survey was conducted with a self-administered questionnaire. In the questionnaire, the clinical practice contents were classified into observation, preparation, and performance, and the importance of clinical duty was measured with a 3-point scale. For the clinical practice contents and the importance of duty, descriptive statistics and chi-square test were performed, and the study results were analyzed using STATA 11.0. Results: With regard to clinical practice contents, observation was mainly performed in oral & maxillofacilal radiology, preventive dentistry, periodontal medicine and oral medicine. In primary care and infection control, practice and observation were mainly performed. In the department of orthodontics and pediatric dentistry, observation and preparation were mainly conducted, while in oral surgery, conservative dentistry observation, preparation and practice were all conducted. With regard to clinical practice contents according to the dental institution, there were statistically significant differences in the type of dental institution and the duty (p>0.05). In terms of the importance of dental hygienist's duty, infection control, toothbrushing education for each patient, removal of plaque, and patient education after surgery were considered important. Conclusions: For clinical practice of the dental hygiene department, the education contents should be standardized in accordance with the importance of the dental hygienist's duty, a protocol for operation of practice should be developed, and a method of standardization of evaluation should be sought in the future.

• Restorative Dentistry and Endodontics
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• v.38 no.2
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• pp.79-84
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• 2013

Objectives: This study aimed to investigate the effect of clinical clerkship-associated achievements, such as performance of procedures at the student clinic, observation, and attitude towards a clerkship, on the objective structured clinical examination (OSCE) scores of dental students graduating in restorative dentistry. Materials and Methods: The OSCEs consisted of two stations designed to assess students' clinical skills regarding cavity preparation for a class II gold inlay and a class IV composite restoration. The clerkship achievements, consisting of the number of student clinical procedures performed, observation-related OSCE, and scores of their attitudes towards a conservative dentistry clerkship, were assessed. Correlation and multiple regression analyses were conducted. Results: The correlation coefficient between the OSCE scores for cavity preparation for a class II gold restoration and clerkship attitude scores was 0.241 (p < 0.05). Regarding a class IV composite restoration, OSCE scores showed statistically significant correlations with the observation (r = 0.344, p < 0.01) and attitude (r = 0.303, p < 0.01) scores. In a multiple regression analysis, attitudes towards a clerkship (p = 0.033) was associated with the cavity preparation for a class II gold inlay OSCE scores, while the number of procedure observations (p = 0.002) was associated with the class IV composite restoration OSCE scores. Conclusions: The number of clinical procedures performed by students, which is an important requirement for graduation, showed no correlation with either of the OSCEs scores.

• The Korean Nurse
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• v.12 no.4 s.66
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• pp.81-89
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• 1973

As a result of clinical observation of 23 Placenta Previa cases out of the total 2114 cases admitted for department of Obst. And Gyne. Of the Jeonju Provincial Hospital during the four years from January 1, 1969 to December 31, 1972. the following conclus

• Journal of Korean society of Dental Hygiene
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• v.5 no.1
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• pp.101-121
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• 2005

The frequency of clinical observation and clinical practice and satisfaction among dental hygiene students were investigated during the clinical practice process. The results were analyzed to come up with a more effective clinical practice program and provide basic data that would aid in actual operation of clinical practice. The tool used in this study was a survey composed of 11 areas with a total of 55 questions. It was distributed to 471 graduating dental hygiene students at 5 different universities. The Cronbach's Alpha coefficient was .975. The data were analyzed using SPSS 10.0 for Windows. Significance was determined at ${\alpha}$=0.05. The results were as follows. 1. The results of analyzing the frequency of clinical observation according to the different clinical areas showed that the score was the highest in the area of basic diagnosis, followed by prosthodontics, operative dentistry, hospital service management, oral surgery, oral radiology, periodontics, preventive dentistry, orthodontics, pediatric dentistry, and oral medicine. 2. The results of analyzing the frequency of clinical performance according to different clinical areas showed that the score was the highest in the area of basic diagnosis, followed by operative dentistry, oral surgery, prosthodontics, oral radiology, pediatric dentistry, orthodontics, oral medicine, preventive dentistry, endodontics and hospital service management 3. The area that showed most significance difference between the frequency of clinical observation and the frequency of clinical performance was the area of hospital service management, followed by prosthodontics, periodontics, preventive dentistry, oral radiology, oral medicine/oral surgery, orthodontics, operative dentistry, and pediatric dentistry. 4. When satisfaction in dental hygiene students was analysed according to different clinical areas, they were most satisfied practicing in basic diagnosis, followed by operative dentistry, prosthodontics, oral surgery, oral radiology, pediatric dentistry, orthodontics, preventive dentistry, hospital service management, periodontics, and oral medicine.

• Journal of Korean society of Dental Hygiene
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• v.5 no.2
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• pp.185-199
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• 2005

The purpose of this research is to suggest a new desirable direction to a positive educational program for dental hygeine students, through the analysis of the degrees of observation and performance practice and the student satisfaction. This researched 471 senior dental hygien students from 5 separate universities. SPSS 10.0 for Windows was used to transform the results data analysis into statistics. The students' degree of satisfaction and length of observational/performance practice level were measured. For statistical anlysis the Mean and Standard Deviation were computed and the t-test and ANNOVA were carried out. The significant level of these statistics was a=0.05. 1. 12 weeks practice is the highest in the satisfaction of observation practice was the highest in clinical settings, followed by 16 weeks practice, and 8 weeks practice. 2. 12 weeks practice is the highest in the satisfaction of performance practice, followed by 16 weeks practice, and 8 weeks practice. 3. 8 weeks practice is the highest in the satisfaction of performance practice, followed by 12 weeks practice, and 16 weeks practice. 4. According to the frequency of clinical practice and satisfaction 12 week program of observation/performance practice is the most desirable, followed by 16 weeks practice, and 8 weeks practice.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Physical Medicine
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• v.6 no.3
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• pp.361-368
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• 2011

Purpose : The aims of this study was to identify the activation of the mirror neuron system during action observation in people with stroke and the difference between left hemisphere and right hemisphere and to provide possibility of the use of action observation as a clinical method for improving motor function after stroke. Methods : Seventeen participants were asked to observe 3 different stimulation conditions for 80 seconds. A 30 second rest period was given between stimulations. Electroencephalogram(EEG) signals from electrodes on the participant's scalp were recorded during action observation. The activation of the mirror neuron system(MNS) between the picture observation condition and action observation condition was compared with a paired t-test. An independent t-test was used to compare difference between C3 and C4 on the activation of the mirror neuron system in the action observation condition. Results : Result of paired t-test showed a significantly decreased log ratio in the activation of the mirror neuron system in the action observation condition compared to the picture observation condition. Result of the independent t-test indicated no significant differences in the activation of the mirror neuron system in the right and left hemisphere. Conclusion : The mirror neuron system showed greater activation in the action observation condition than in the picture observation condition and activation in the both hemisphere during action observation. We conclude that these findings suggest that this may possibly be an efficient clinical intervention method for improving motor function.

• Journal of Korean society of Dental Hygiene
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• v.9 no.3
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• pp.439-455
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• 2009

The number of dental hygiene students is increasing as dental hygiene departments are extended or newly installed continuously, and in other to keep up with the quantitative increase, we need to standardize dental hygiene curriculums. The present study conducted a questionnaire survey with dental hygiene students who had completed clinical practice. The obtained results as follows. 1. According to the contents of clinical practice at dental clinics, the frequency of dental hygiene students' observation practice was high in basic medical service, dental prosthesis, and orthodontics. 2. The frequency of performance practice was high in basic medical service, oral medicine, preventive dentistry, pediatric dentistry, periodontology, and oral surgery. According to the area of clinical practice. 3. According to the contents of clinical practice at university hospitals, the frequency of dental hygiene students' observation practice was high in basic medical service, dental prosthesis, and orthodontics. 4. The frequency of performance practice was high in basic medical service, oral medicine, preventive dentistry, pediatric dentistry, periodontology, and dental prosthesis. 5. The students' satisfaction was high in basic medical service, oral medicine, preventive dentistry, and periodontology. The period of clinical practice varies according to school curriculum and circumstance among dental clinics and university hospitals where clinical practices are performed, students' satisfaction with their observation practice and performance practice may be different. Thus, for dental hygiene students' clinical practice, it is considered desirable to prepare integrated education programs that standardize the period and contents of clinical practice.