Suggestion of Learning Objectives in Social Dental Hygiene: Oral Health Administration Area.
10.17135/jdhs.2018.18.2.85
- Author:
Su Kyung PARK
1
;
Ga Yeong LEE
;
Young Eun JANG
;
Sang Hee YOO
;
Yeun Ju KIM
;
Sue Hyang LEE
;
Han Nah KIM
;
Hye Won JO
;
Myoung Hee KIM
;
Hee Kyoung KIM
;
Da Young RYU
;
Min Ji KIM
;
Sun Jung SHIN
;
Nam Hee KIM
;
Mi Sook YOON
Author Information
1. Department of Dental Hygiene, Graduate School, Yonsei University, Seoul 03722, Korea.
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Delivery of oral health system;
Educational objectives;
Oral health administration;
Oral health policy;
Social dental hygiene
- MeSH:
Cross-Sectional Studies;
Data Collection;
Dental Hygienists;
Discrimination (Psychology);
Education;
Expert Testimony;
Humans;
Hygiene;
Learning*;
Medical Assistance;
Oral Health*;
Oral Hygiene*;
Social Security
- From:
Journal of Dental Hygiene Science
2018;18(2):85-96
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
The purpose of this study is to propose learning objectives in social dental hygiene by analyzing and reviewing learning objectives in oral health administration area of the existing public oral health. This study is a cross-sectional study. The subjects of the study selected with convenience extraction were 15 members of the social dental hygiene subcommittee of the Korean Society of Dental Hygiene Science. Data collection was conducted by self-filling questionnaire. The research tool is from 48 items of A division in the book of learning objectives in the dental hygienist national examination, and this study classified each of them into ‘dental hygiene job relevance’, ‘dental hygiene competency relevance’, ‘timeliness’, and ‘value discrimination of educational goal setting’ to comprise 192 items. Also, to collect expert opinions, this study conducted Delphi survey on 7 academic experts. Statistical analysis was performed using the IBM SPSS Statistics ver. 23.0 program (IBM Co., Armonk, NY, USA). Recoding was performed according to the degree of relevance of each learning objective and frequency analysis was performed. This study removed 18 items from the whole learning objectives in the dental hygienist national examination in the oral health administration area of public oral health. Fifteen revisions were made and 15 existing learning objectives were maintained. Forty-five learning objectives were proposed as new social dental hygiene learning objectives. The topics of learning objectives are divided into social security and medical assistance, oral health care system, oral health administration, and oral health policy. As a result of this study, it was necessary to construct the learning objectives of social dental hygiene in response to changing situation at the time. The contents of education should be revised in order of revision of learning objectives, development of competency, development of learning materials, and national examination.
