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Scott, Ruth Lois; And Others – Journal of Dental Education, 1985
A study to assess the impact of an inquiry-oriented curriculum in a dental hygiene program is described. Two instruments, designed to measure student perception of personal and faculty inquiry and disinquiry behavior, were administered. The implications of the findings are discussed. (Author/MLW)
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations, Clinical Experience, Curriculum, Curriculum Development
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Young, Lynda J.; Fellows, Avis L. – Journal of Dental Education, 1981
A study to determine differences between graduating and withdrawing students in the University of Minnesota Dental Hygiene program is discussed. The identification of differences may prove useful in the selection process for future classes through identification of students likely to complete their education. (MLW)
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Allied Health Occupations Education, Comparative Analysis, Dental Health
Ohio Board of Regents, Columbus. – 1975
The objective of this study includes a determination of the need for additional dental service and an examination of the dental service delivery system in the state of Ohio. Recognizing that the question of dental manpower and the service it delivers is but one facet of the area of oral health maintenance, and that manpower needs are affected by…
Descriptors: Dental Assistants, Dental Clinics, Dental Health, Dental Hygienists
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Scruggs, Rebecca R.; And Others – Journal of Dental Education, 1986
The competency assessment and remediation sequence used to ensure student readiness to progress through the curriculum at the University of North Carolina's Dental Auxiliary Teacher Education program is described. The frequency of need for remediation was analyzed. (Author/MLW)
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Competence, Competency Based Teacher Education, Dental Assistants
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Wayman, Dona E. – Journal of Dental Education, 1985
Inherent in the meaning of baccalaureate dental hygiene education is the offering of upper-division courses in the theory and practice of dental hygiene itself. Restructuring the associate programs as strictly two-year, lower-division programs would require standardization of baccalaureate programs as strictly upper-division curricula. (MLW)
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Bachelors Degrees, Certification, Clinical Experience
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Ley, Eugene; And Others – Journal of Dental Education, 1984
Administrative decisions about the future of dental hygiene programs are often based on inadequate information about employment trends and about the importance of the dental hygienist in dental practices. Studies indicate that demand for dental hygiene services will remain high in the 1980s. (Author/MLW)
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Demand Occupations, Dental Health, Dental Hygienists
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Journal of Dental Education, 1987
Curriculum guidelines revised by the American Association of Dental Schools' Section on Oral Radiology are presented. (MLW)
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Core Curriculum, Course Content, Curriculum
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Kassebaum, Denise K.; And Others – Journal of Dental Education, 1991
Evaluation by 17 students of a case-based instructional method in 1 course of a dental hygiene baccalaureate curriculum found statistically significant student preference for the case-based format except in regard to students' preparation for written examinations. (DB)
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Case Studies, Curriculum, Dental Health
Bebeau, Muriel J.; Loupe, Michael J. – 1981
Egalitarian attitudes and the personality traits of instrumentality (masculinity) and expressiveness (femininity) were examined for 314 male and 71 female dental students and for women in dental auxiliary programs. The objectives were to (1) investigate their possible correlates (e.g., parental occupation, status, age) and to compare the attitudes…
Descriptors: Androgyny, Attitude Measures, Comparative Analysis, Dental Assistants
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Paarmann, Carlene S.; And Others – Journal of Dental Education, 1990
The establishment of the baccalaureate degree as the minimum entry level for dental hygiene practice centers around three main concerns: changes in health care delivery, awarding of a degree commensurate with students' educational background, and the credibility of dental hygiene as a profession. A curriculum model is discussed. (MLW)
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Articulation (Education), Bachelors Degrees, College Curriculum
Field, Marilyn J., Ed. – 1995
This study examined the status of dental education and oral health in the U.S.; considered future scientific, demographic, economic, organizational, and other developments that may affect oral health status and the system for educating dentists and other dental personnel; developed a statement of how, over the next 25 years, oral health and oral…
Descriptors: Certification, Change Strategies, Dental Health, Dental Hygienists
Branson, Bonnie – 1985
This manual contains information concerning the policies and procedures of the Southern Illinois University-Carbondale Dental Hygiene Clinic. The manual is presented in a question/answer format for the information and convenience of dental hygiene students in the program, and is intended to answer their questions concerning clinical policies and…
Descriptors: Associate Degrees, Clinical Experience, Dental Clinics, Dental Evaluation