Satisfaction and the frequency of observation and clinical practice in dental hygiene students

치위생과 학생의 관찰-수행실습 빈도와 만족도

  • Jang, Gye-Won (Dept. of Dental Hygiene, Jin Ju Health College) ;
  • Cho, Pyeong-Kyu (Dept. of Dental Hygiene, Jin Ju Health College) ;
  • Lee, Mi-Ok (Dept. of Dental Hygiene, Jin Ju Health College) ;
  • Seo, Eun-Ju (Dept. of Dental Hygiene, Jin Ju Health College) ;
  • Kang, Yong-Ju (Dept. of Dental Hygiene, Jin Ju Health College) ;
  • Yun, Eun-Kyung (Dept. of Dental Hygiene, Jin Ju Health College) ;
  • No, Mi-Kyung (Dept. of Dental Hygiene, Kyungnam College of Information & Technology)
  • 장계원 (진주보건대학 치위생과) ;
  • 조평규 (진주보건대학 치위생과) ;
  • 이미옥 (진주보건대학 치위생과) ;
  • 서은주 (진주보건대학 치위생과) ;
  • 강용주 (진주보건대학 치위생과) ;
  • 윤은경 (진주보건대학 치위생과) ;
  • 노미경 (경남정보대학 치위생과)
  • Published : 2005.06.30

Abstract

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.

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