Spanish dental hygienist attitudes to dental radiological protection: assessment of a 1‐day pilot course

Beneyto, Yolanda Martínez; Camacho-Alonso, Fabio; Baños, Miguel Alcaraz; López‐Jornet, Pía; Perez-Lajarin, Leonor

doi:10.1111/j.1601-5037.2007.00287.x

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“…This is consistent with the finding of Platin et al 17 in the questions dealing with darkroom monitoring and intraoral radiography units, and inconsistent with the findings of film-processing activities. The findings of this study are also in agreement with the findings of Martínez-Beneyto et al 18 who found that dental hygienists showed a low level of knowledge (23.65%) of the basic concepts of X-ray equipment and film processing.…”

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confidence: 93%

“…In another study by Platin et al 17 it was reported that general dentists have incomplete knowledge of quality assurance guidelines. Martínez‐Beneyto et al 18 reported that only 46.2% of dental hygienists were aware of the quality assurance methods. To improve dental clinical practice, it is necessary to raise awareness and knowledge amongst dentists and dental professionals about quality assurance in dental radiography practice 19,20 .…”

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Attitudes and knowledge of dental radiography amongst students of dentistry and related fields

Mahasneh

Al-Mousa

Khabour

et al. 2022

Eur J Dental Education

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Objectives This study aimed to evaluate the level of knowledge and attitude towards quality control in dental radiography amongst students of dentistry, allied dental sciences and radiologic technology programmes. Methods A cross‐sectional survey was conducted using self‐administered questionnaire on a convenience sample of 580 students from three universities in Jordan. The questionnaire was divided into sections that include personal sociodemographic variables, knowledge about quality assurance in dental radiography and attitude towards quality assurance in dental radiography. Results A total of 286 students completed the questionnaire (response rate = 49.3%), of whom 70% were women. The respondents’ knowledge scores ranged from 12.2% (n = 35) to 35.2% (n = 100). The mean of the quality assurance knowledge scores for the whole study sample was 20.3% ± 14.5%, with no significant difference between men and women (p = .643). Allied dental sciences students showed significantly higher knowledge scores (25.0 ± 13.0) than dentistry (17.8 ± 14.40) or radiologic technology students (20.9 ± 14.8). The average attitude scores towards quality assurance in dental radiography were fairly good (69.5 ± 26.4) with no statistically significant differences by study programme. Conclusion Knowledge of students about quality assurance in the three programmes is inadequate. The participants' attitude towards quality assurance was fairly good. The study provides feedback to dental schools to improve their curriculum by including quality assurance into student clinical practices. Further studies are requested to investigate the reasons behind this low level of knowledge.

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Attitudes and knowledge of dental radiography amongst students of dentistry and related fields

Mahasneh

Al-Mousa

Khabour

et al. 2022

Eur J Dental Education

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“…The questionnaire comprised 60 questions. Other authors consider achieving a level of 62.5% of the total score satisfactory (Absi, Drage, Thomas, Nash, & Newcombe, 2006;Martínez-Beneyto, Camacho-Alonso, Alcaraz-Baños, López-Jornet, & Perez-Lajarin, 2008). In our case, the acceptable level was set at 63% or higher.…”

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“…Numerous studies show deficiencies in the initial training in radiation protection of undergraduate students and new healthcare professionals whose activities encompass the use of ionizing radiation. This may imply an increase in radiation exposure to both patients and the radiation workers themselves, thus leading to an increased risk of radiation-induced injuries (Absi et al, 2006;Faggioni, Paolicchi, Bastiani, Guido, & Caramella, 2017;Furmaniak, Kołodziejska, & Szopiński, 2016;Georges et al, 2009;Martínez-Beneyto et al, 2008;Van Puyvelde, Clarijs, Belmans, & Coeck, 2021). Several studies have shown that things get a lot better when special education courses are added.…”

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Online teaching of radiation protection to health professionals: Lessons learned

Alcaraz-Banos,

Cobo-Najar,

Achel

et al. 2024

Am J Edu Learn

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The study examines the online teaching of radiation protection to health professionals. Training in Radiological Protection is considered a basic requirement for radiology professionals and students in Health Sciences. Over the past 22 years, various educational materials, including videos and teaching resources, have been produced following the Guidelines on education and training in radiological protection for medical exposures of the European Commission. These materials have been utilized in various online learning modalities. The objective of this work is to assess the impact of this study on student training. To achieve this, different data collection processes have been carried out, according to the period, and have been analyzed. The results of this training have been analyzed through diverse methods, demonstrating adequate acquisition of basic theoretical contents and a positive acceptance of this methodology by the 6,518 students examined. However, the need to create original specialized materials and resources, the increase in the teacher's workload, and the lack of institutional recognition of the teacher's effort limit its development. On the other hand, it can also be concluded that the acquisition of practical skills by the student is a weakness of the online learning system that requires the incorporation of the teacher in a face-to-face or traditional manner in the delivery of these specialized practical contents. This study allows for a better utilization of the available tools in the training of students in this subject.

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“…Miguel Alcaraz Baños, Pablo Chico Sánchez, Yolanda Martínez Beneyto, David Aremero Barranco, Ana Belén Meseguer Henarejos y Miguel Alcaraz Saura (Alcaraz et al, 2000, 2004a, 2004b, 2006a, 2009b, 2009c, 2009d, 2010Martínez-Beneyto et al, 2004, 2007, 2008, como desde la Protección Radiológica frente al daño biológico inducido por la radiación ionizante (Alcaraz et al, 2009d, Castillo et al, 2002Navarro et al, 2004, Del Baño et al, 2006Sánchez-Campillo et al, 2009) (Figuras 4 y 5).…”

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Tele-enseñanza a través de internet: la protección radiológica en ciencias de la salud

Baños

Sánchez

Beneyto

et al. 2010

Education in the Knowledge Society

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La obtención de un proyecto interdepartamental subvencionado por el Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia español ha permitido crear materiales didácticos específicos de Protección Radiológica que se han publicado en varios manuales y cuadernos de actividades prácticas. Estas publicaciones han constituido la base del primer curso continuado sobre Protección Radiológica realizado a través de Internet en España (8 ediciones, durante los años 2000-2009). Durante el pregrado y el grado, la utilización de material didáctico digital apropiado determina el nivel de conocimientos que puede alcanzarse. La enseñanza multimedia y la tele-educación incrementan el interés de los alumnos en los temas más complicados y difíciles en Ciencias de la Salud. Posteriormente, cuando se abandona la Universidad y comienza la actividad profesional, la tele-enseñanza permite la formación continuada en las actualizaciones básicas sobre Protección Radiológica, permitiendo a todos los profesionales familiarizarse con medios y recursos que difícilmente podrán utilizar de forma personal y directa.

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Spanish dental hygienist attitudes to dental radiological protection: assessment of a 1‐day pilot course

Abstract: The prescribed standard was reached by <23.65% of those attending the course at the beginning. Although attending the course led to a considerable improvement, it did not always result in a high level of knowledge of basic radiation equipment and processing.

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Attitudes and knowledge of dental radiography amongst students of dentistry and related fields

Attitudes and knowledge of dental radiography amongst students of dentistry and related fields

Online teaching of radiation protection to health professionals: Lessons learned

Tele-enseñanza a través de internet: la protección radiológica en ciencias de la salud

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