SENIOR DENTAL HYGIENE PROGRAM SURVEY

 

ASSESSMENT CENTER FOR HEALTH PROFESSIONS EDUCATION

May 1998

 

 

 

 

 

SECTION 1 - QUALITY OF THE DENTAL HYGIENE CURRICULUM

 

 
DIRECTIONS:

Please indicate the degree to which your education at Baylor contributed

to your development of the following skills.

 

 

ETHICS: The dental hygienist should be able to:

 

(CIRCLE YOUR RATING)

Extensively
Adequately
Somewhat
Very Little

 

1. Apply ethical reasoning to dental hygiene and practice with professional integrity.

 

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2. Serve all patients and the community without discrimination.

 

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3. Provide humane and compassionate care to all patients.

 

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4. Maintain honesty in relationships with patients, colleagues and other professionals.

 

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5. Ensure the privacy of the patient during dental hygiene treatment and counseling and the confidentiality of patient records.

 

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6. Comply with state and federal laws governing the practice of dentistry and dental hygiene.

 

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7. Use peer assistance and peer review programs when confronted with the incompetent, impaired or unethical colleague.

 

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INFORMATION MANAGEMENT AND CRITICAL THINKING: The dental hygienist should be able to:

 

 

 

 

 

8. Solve problems and make decisions based on accepted scientific principles

 

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9. Critically analyze published reports of oral health research and apply this information to the practice of dental hygiene.

 

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10. Evaluate the safety and efficacy of oral health products and treatments.

 

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11. Communicate professional knowledge verbally and in writing to patients, colleagues and other professionals.

 

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12. Employ the principles of scientific writing.

 

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13. Commit to self-assessment and life long learning in order to provide contemporary clinical care.

 

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PROFESSIONAL IDENTITY: The dental hygienist should

be able to:

 

 

(CIRCLE YOUR RATING)

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14. Advance the profession through leadership, service activities and affiliation with professional organizations.

 

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15. Expand and contribute to the knowledge-base of dental hygiene

 

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16. Assume the roles of the profession (clinician, educator, researcher, change agent, consumer advocate, administrator), as defined by the ADHA.

 

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17. Promote the values of the profession to the public and other organizations and professionals outside of dentistry.

 

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SELF-CARE INSTRUCTION: The dental hygienist should

be able to:

 

18. Promote preventive health behaviors by personally maintaining optimal oral and general health.

 

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19. Identify the health needs of individuals and assist them in the development of appropriate and individualized self-care regimens.

 

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20. Encourage patients to assume responsibility for their health and promote adherence to self-care regimens

 

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COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT: The dental hygienist

should be able to:

 

21. Identify services and agencies that promote oral health and prevent oral disease and related conditions.

 

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22. Assess, plan, implement and evaluate community-based oral health programs.

 

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23. Influence the public (consumer groups, businesses and government agencies) to support health care issues.

 

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24. Use screening, referral and education to bring consumers into the health care delivery system.

 

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25. Provide dental hygiene services in a variety of settings.

 

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ASSESSMENT OF PATIENT CARE: The dental hygienist

should be able to:

 

26. Obtain, review and update a complete medical, family, psychological and dental history, including an assessment of vital signs.

 

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27. Manage the patient record as a legal document and maintain its accuracy and consistency.

 

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28. Determine medical conditions that require special precautions or consideration prior to or during dental hygiene treatment.

 

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29. Identify the patient at risk for a medical emergency, and be prepared to temporarily manage and maintain basic life support for any emergency that should occur during an appointment.

 

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30. Perform an extraoral and intraoral examination and accurately record the findings.

 

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31. Determine the need for referral to the appropriate health professional.

 

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32. Accurately perform and record an examination of the teeth.

 

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 (CIRCLE YOUR RATING)

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33. Identify the need for radiographs.

 

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34. Radiographically distinguish normal from abnormal anatomical findings.

 

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35. Evaluate the periodontium, and identify conditions that compromise periodontal health and function.

 

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36. Identify patients at risk for nutritional deficiencies using assessment data.

 

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37. Analyze and interpret the assessment data to formulate a dental hygiene diagnosis related to and congruent with the diagnosis of the dentist and other health professionals.

 

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PLANNING OF PATIENT CARE: The dental hygienist should
be able to:

 

 

 

 

 

38. Determine priorities and establish oral health goals with the patient/family and/or guardian as an active participant.

 

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39. Acknowledge cultural differences in populations when planning treatment.

 

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40. Establish a planned sequence of educational and clinical services based on the dental hygiene diagnosis using the problem-based approach.

 

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41. Communicate the plan for dental hygiene services to the dentist or other interdisciplinary health team members.

 

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IMPLEMENTATION OF PATIENT CARE: The dental hygienist should be able to:

 

 

 

 

 

42. Use accepted infection control procedures.

 

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43. Obtain radiographs of diagnostic quality.

 

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44. Provide an environment conducive to health by applying basic and advanced principles of dental hygiene instrumentation without causing trauma to hard or soft tissue.

 

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45. Control pain and anxiety during treatment through the use of accepted clinical techniques and appropriate behavior management

 

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46. Select and administer the appropriate chemotherapeutic agent (e.g., preventive, antimicrobial, desensitizing) and provide pre- and post-treatment instructions.

 

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47. Provide adjunct dental hygiene services that can be legally performed in the State of Texas.

 

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48. Identify policies and implement procedures for increasing employee and patient safety in the dental environment.

 

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EVALUATION OF PATIENT CARE: The dental hygienist
should be able to:

 

 

 

 

 

49. Determine the clinical outcomes of dental hygiene interventions using indices, instruments and examination techniques, and determine the appropriate maintenance schedule.

 

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50. Determine the patient’s satisfaction with the dental hygiene care received and the oral health status achieved.

 

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51. Determine a recall system appropriate to a practice setting.

 

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SECTION 2 - QUALITY OF TEACHING

 

DIRECTIONS:

Indicate how satisfied you are with the teaching of the following groups.

 

 

(CIRCLE YOUR RATING)

Very Satisfied
Satisfied
Dissatisfied
Very Dissatisfied

 

52. Basic Science Faculty (classroom)

 

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53. Dental Faculty (classroom)

 

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54. Clinical Dental Faculty

 

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55. Dental Hygiene Faculty (classroom)

 

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55. Dental Hygiene Faculty (classroom)

 

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57. Part-time Clinical Dental Hygiene Faculty

 

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SECTION 3 - QUALITY OF CLINICAL EXPERIENCES

 

DIRECTIONS:

Indicate how satisfied you are with the learning opportunities in the following clinical rotations.

 

(CIRCLE YOUR RATING)

Very Satisfied
Satisfied
Dissatisfied
Very Dissatisfied
Do Not Know

 

58. Advanced General Dentistry Clinic

 

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59. Denton State School

 

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60. Graduate Pediatric Dentistry Clinic

 

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61. Graduate Prosthodontics Clinic

 

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62. deHaro-Saldivar

 

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63. Oral Surgery Clinic

 

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64. Orthodontics Clinic

 

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65. Periodontics Clinic

 

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66. Periodontal Maintenance Clinic

 

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67. Stomatology Clinic

 

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68. Scottish Rite Hospital

 

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69. Special Care Clinic

 

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70. Please comment on the previous items that you rate "very satisfied" or "very dissatisfied".

 

SECTION 4 - OVERALL QUALITY
71. Why did you choose Baylor for your dental hygiene education? Indicate the one most influencing factor.

 

1 Reputation

2 BS degree

3 Referral by another dental hygienist

4 Referral by another dentist

5 Location in Dallas

6 Location in a dental school

7 Other _______________________________________

 

72. How satisfied are you with your choice of Baylor?

 

4 Very Satisfied

3 Satisfied

2 Dissatisfied

1 Very Dissatisfied

 

73. How satisfied are you with your education at Baylor?

 

4 Very Satisfied

3 Satisfied

2 Dissatisfied

1 Very Dissatisfied

 

74. How well prepared did you feel for the National Board Examination?

 

4 Very Prepared

3 Prepared

2 Unprepared

1 Very Unprepared

 

75. How well prepared do you feel for the Western Regional Board Examination?

 

4 Very Prepared

3 Prepared

2 Unprepared

1 Very Unprepared

 

76. How well prepared do you feel for the practice of dental hygiene?

 

4 Very Prepared

3 Prepared

2 Unprepared

1 Very unprepared

 

SECTION 5 - OPINIONS
77. What are the strengths of the dental hygiene program at Baylor?

 

78. What are the weaknesses of the dental hygiene program at Baylor?

 

79. If you were the "Chair of Dental Hygiene for the Day," what would you change?

 

 

SECTION 6 - BACKGROUND INFORMATION

 

80. Social Security Number ____________________________

81. Sex:

1 Male

2 Female

 

82. Race/ethnic group:

1 White (Not Hispanic)

2 African-American (Black)

3 Asian or Pacific Islander

4 Native American or Alaskan Native

5 Mexican American

6 Other Hispanic

7   Other __________________________________________

 

83. Age:

1 20-24

2 25-29

3 30-34

4 35-44

5 45-54

6 Over 54

 

84. Marital Status

1 Married

2 Not Married

 

85. Number of children ___________

86. Did you have a job while you were in school at Baylor?

1 Yes

2 No

SECTION 7 - SCHOOL ACTIVITIES

87. Please list all activities/organizations in which you were involved during your dental hygiene education. Indicate if you held an office in an organization.

 

 

SECTION 8 - COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES
88. Please list all community activities (not course related) in which you were involved while you were going to school at Baylor. Indicate if you held an office in an organization.

 

SECTION 9 - OTHER COMMENTS
89. Is there anything else you would like us to know?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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