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The demand for the change in Korean dental hygiene curriculum

한국 치위생(학)과의 교육과정 개편 방향에 대한 요구도

  • Won, Bok-Yeon (Department of dental hygiene, Daejeon Health Sciences College) ;
  • Jung, Ui-Jung (Department of dental hygiene, Haejeon University) ;
  • Jang, Jong-Hwa (Department of dental hygiene science, Hanseo University)
  • 원복연 (대전보건대학교 치위생과) ;
  • 정의정 (혜전대학교 치위생과) ;
  • 장종화 (한서대학교 치위생학과)
  • Received : 2015.01.30
  • Accepted : 2015.02.16
  • Published : 2015.02.28
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Abstract

Objectives: The purpose of the study was to examined the demand for the change in Korean dental hygiene curriculum. This study compared the dental hygiene curriculum of domestic and overseas university and tired to provide the basic data for the development of standard curriculum that meets the education policy changes. Methods: Data were obtained from a cross-sectional survey of 1,192 participants including dental hygiene professors, dental hygienists and students. Data were collected by mail, telephone call from the professors and research assistants, email, and direct visit from June 10 to August 10, 2013. The questionnaire consisted of 4 questions of general characteristics of the subjects and 13 questions of dental hygiene curriculum. Results: The professors answered the development of integrated dental hygiene curriculum as the first priority(48.9%) and dental hygienists(51.6%) and students(42.6%) chose the development of new dental hygiene curriculum(p<0.001). In the analysis of validity of dental hygiene curriculum, the professors gave 3.29 to the validity of evaluation for basic job performance, and the clinical dental hygienists and the students gave 3.05 and 3.26 points, respectively(p<0.001). In relation to the necessity of the change of the dental hygiene curriculums, the professors gave 4.17 points which implied that curriculum change is the most important and necessary thing to do. The clinical dental hygienists and the students gave 3.90 and 3.47 points, respectively(p<0.001). Conclusions: The above-mentioned findings suggest that the revision of the current Korean dental hygiene curriculums is required. Therefore organizations related to dental hygiene including professor association and Korean Dental Hygienists Association should carefully rebuild the curriculum to improve the competency of dental hygienists. They should take the initiative in the development of a standardized curriculum.

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