Can a clinical continuing education course change behavior in dental hygiene practice?
Can a clinical continuing education course impact practitioner provision of care in everyday practice? National recommendations call for continuing education that is closely linked to practitioner learning at the point of care and for outcome assessment that measures the effectiveness of learning activities on the learner’s practice behavior. Educational research has shown that interactive learning with clinical participation and the opportunity to practice is one of the most effective educational interventions. This study used an interactive educational intervention during a 3-day clinical course designed for dental hygienists. A follow-up survey was sent to determine whether the knowledge and skills that were taught in the course were applied subsequently to patients in practice. Sixty-one of 97 surveys were returned for a 63% response rate. Descriptive data including frequencies, means, medians, and standard deviations were obtained for all survey items. The majority of respondents
Related Questions
- If I retire from active practice of dentistry (or dental hygiene/dental technological work), must I continue to obtain continuing education in order to keep my license/certificate active?
- My registration with the CDHO is inactive, but I want to return to private practice. Should I take DENT 9017 (Dental Hygiene Refresher)?
- How can the dental hygienist become involved?
