Remya Niranjan, JungSoo Kim, Brent Lin, Sheela Lewis, Punam Patel, Thuan Le, Abbey Alkon, Jyu-Lin Chen
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摘要
初级保健和医疗服务提供者可以帮助儿童及时转诊到牙科之家。然而,有关医疗服务提供者口腔健康知识和临床技能的研究却很少。本研究旨在提高未来医疗服务提供者在评估儿童口腔健康方面的知识、信心、态度和临床能力。65 名保健专业学生参加了为期 10 周的儿童口腔健康教学和临床课程。50 名学生填写了培训前后的调查问卷,并对他们的知识、信心和态度进行了评估。校准考官根据 24 分的评分标准对学生的临床技能进行评分。数据分析采用了描述性统计、配对样本 t 检验和皮尔逊相关分析。学生来自牙科(46%)、护理(28%)、医学(22%)和药学(3%)。学生在知识(t = -7.71,p < 0.001)、信心(t = -10.30,p = t = -4.24,p = r = 0.39,p = 0.010)方面均有明显提高。跨专业教育提高了学生在评估儿童口腔健康方面的知识、信心、态度和临床能力。这种教育对于指导未来的医疗服务提供者在满足儿童口腔健康需求方面获得足够的能力是必要的。
Pediatric Dental Education Improves Interprofessional Healthcare Students' Clinical Competence in Children's Oral Health Assessment.
Primary care and healthcare providers can facilitate children's timely referral to a dental home. However, there are few studies of providers' oral health knowledge and clinical skills. This study aims to improve future healthcare providers' knowledge, confidence, attitude, and clinical competence in assessing children's oral health. Sixty-five health professional students participated in a 10-week didactic and clinical curriculum on children's oral health. Fifty students completed pre- and post-training questionnaires and were assessed in their knowledge, confidence, and attitude. Calibrated examiners graded students' clinical skills on a 24-point grading criterion. Descriptive statistics, paired sample t-test, and Pearson correlation were used in data analyses. Students were in dentistry (46%), nursing (28%), medicine (22%), and pharmacy (3%). Students significantly improved in knowledge (t = -7.71, p < 0.001), confidence (t = -10.30, p = <0.001), and attitude (t = -4.24, p = <0.001). Students on average scored 83% on clinical competence, with the highest average for fluoride varnish application (96%) and lowest for providing anticipatory guidance (69%). There was a moderate correlation between improvement in knowledge and their clinical skills (r = 0.39, p = 0.010). Interprofessional education improves students' knowledge, confidence, attitude, and clinical competence in assessing children's oral health. Such education is necessary in guiding future providers to gain adequate competence in serving children's oral health needs.