Journal of Korean society of Dental Hygiene (한국치위생학회지)

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The necessity for the Korean Dental Hygiene Education Accreditation System

한국 치위생학 교육 평가인증제도의 필요성

  • Kim, Ji-Youn (School of Dentistry, Kyung Hee University, Korean Institute of Dental Education and Evaluation) ;
  • Kim, Young-Sook (Department of Dental Hygiene, Suwon women's College, Korean Institute of Dental Hygienist Education and Evaluation) ;
  • Jung, Soon-Hee (Korean Dental Hygienists Association, Korean Institute of Dental Hygienist Education and Evaluation) ;
  • Shin, Je-Won (School of Dentistry, Kyung Hee University, Korean Institute of Dental Education and Evaluation)
  • 김지연 (경희대학교 치의학전문대학원, (재)치의학교육평가원) ;
  • 김영숙 (수원여자대학교 치위생과, 한국치위생교육평가원) ;
  • 정순희 (대한치과위생사협회, 한국치위생교육평가원) ;
  • 신제원 (경희대학교 치의학전문대학원, (재)치의학교육평가원)
  • Received : 2014.08.05
  • Accepted : 2014.12.08
  • Published : 2014.12.30
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Abstract

The increasing cross-border mobility of dental school or dental hygiene students, educators, practitioners, programs and providers takes challenges for existing national quality assurance and accreditation frameworks and bodies, as well as for the systems for recognizing foreign qualifications. The new dental hygiene accreditation system was introduced to encourage the improvement of dental hygiene programs, to ensure the quality of education and, most of all, to establish an internationally compatible system of evaluation and accreditation. The accreditation procedure takes 1 year to complete. The result of the accreditation is released after evaluation via self-study report, site visit, preliminary draft report, responses from the institution and the results from the conciliation and review committees. The result from the accreditation procedure is either 'accreditation' or 'no accreditation'. Accredited schools receive one of several statuses following the evaluation. These are next general review, interim report and interim visit or suspension. Dental healthcare quality is not improved instantaneously, but instead gradually through continuous communication within the dental field. For this accreditation system to be successful, the following are essential: the accreditation agency should adopt hygiene education accreditation; it needs to become financially independent and managed efficiently; the autonomy and regulations surrounding the system need to be balanced; the professionalism of the system is ensured; and the dental field which includes not only dental program, but also hygiene program, needs to play an active role in the operation of the system.

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