The implement status of dental hygiene curriculum in Korea and the comparison with the US ADA standard

국내 치위생학 교과목 운영실태 및 미국 치위생학교육 인정평가 기준과의 비교연구

  • Kim, Sook-Hyang (Dept. of Dental Hygiene, Hanseo University) ;
  • Kim, Min-Kang (Seoul National University, Center for Educational Development in Dentistry) ;
  • Oh, Sang-Hwan (Dept. of Dental Hygiene, College of Medical Science, Konyang University) ;
  • Mann, Nancy K. (Dept. of Dental Hygiene, Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne)
  • 김숙향 (한서대학교 치위생학과) ;
  • 김민강 (서울대학교 치의학대학원 치의학교육개발센터) ;
  • 오상환 (건양대학교 의과학대학 치위생학과) ;
  • Received : 2009.05.04
  • Accepted : 2009.09.20
  • Published : 2009.09.30

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to provide the improvement basis for Dental Hygiene education program by analyzing the current implement status of Dental Hygiene curriculum in Korea and comparing the status with the US ADA standard. The researcher analyzed the Dental Hygiene syllabus limiting "Dental prophxis", "Comprehensive dental hygiene" subjects only from 31 universities which offer 3 years program. The main interest was to figure the implementing status of the curriculum and to compare the actual teaching content with the CODA 2-17 standard. The results show that there are a number of problems in implementing the Dental Hygiene courses among different universities. First, there is a significant inconsistence among schools in terms of course title, total credit, hours, the ratio for theory and practice, etc. In addition, there is a big gap between the actual content of Dental Hygiene courses and the essential/required content of CODA 2-17 standard. For instance, most of the Dental Hygiene programs in Korea cover the overall assessment stage content and some of implementation stage content. However, very few programs deal with the planning and evaluation stage content. To improve these problematic circumstance a number of suggestions were made. Developing the standardized curriculum for the Dental Hygiene program might be one of the major solutions. Next, the regular accreditation and/or assessment system for the Dental Hygiene program should be developed. This research can provide the basis for the need to assess and improve the Dental Hygiene curriculum.

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