Suggestion of Learning Objectives in Social Dental Hygiene: Oral Health Administration Area

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.

Analysis of the Difference in the Importance of Instructors and Clinical Dental Hygienists for Oral Pathology Learning Objectives

“…The dental hygiene academic community must improve the quality of dental hygiene research through changes in education so that the learning content is not limited to knowledge and can be converted into various activities through knowledge. Therefore, after entering society, it is necessary to operate practical education to fulfill social roles and responsibilities as dental hygienists in clinical and community settings 6) . Cho 7) said that in order to increase the professionalism of dental hygienists and expand their work areas, it is urgent to establish new educational goals that reflect the needs of the times and standardize the curriculum.…”

Political Participation Based on the Learning Efficacy of Dental Hygiene Policy in Dental Hygiene Students

“…Further, the lack of education on actual political participation limits students from actively engaging in political activities. To safeguard the rights and interests of dental hygienists, previous studies have emphasized the need for dental hygienists to acquire knowledge and competence in oral health policy and to establish learning objectives that foster active involvement of dental hygienists in policymaking as healthcare professionals 11,12) .…”

The effect of project‐based learning modules on a community dental hygiene practicum in South Korea

“…In South Korea, there is a need to develop learning goals and modules to acquire knowledge of the duties and competencies required at community sites; furthermore, there has been insufficient research on building learning models related to community dental hygiene training 11,12 . As such, the goal of this study is to develop and apply learning modules to a community dental hygiene practicum in order to learn the duties and competencies of community dental hygienists and verify their effectiveness.…”