서울지역 치과대학 · 치의학전문대학원 재학생의 치과위생사와 간호조무사의 업무 범위 인식
A survey of the understanding of the scope of work undertaken by dental hygienists and chair-side dental assistants among dental students in Seoul
김경준, 이교린, 진보형,
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김경준 ( Kim Kyung-Jun ) - 서울대학교 치의학대학원 치의학과
이교린 ( Lee Gyo-Rin ) - 서울대학교 치의학대학원 예방치학교실
진보형 ( Jin Bo-Hyoung ) - 서울대학교 치의학대학원 예방치학교실
Abstract
Objectives: This study was conducted to investigate the awareness of the students currently attending dental colleges/schools in Seoul regarding the scope of work done by a dental hygienist (DH) and a chair-side dental assistant (DA).
Methods: A direct questionnaire survey was conducted among 950 students who currently attend dental colleges/schools in Seoul. We were able to use a total of 458 samples for final analysis after excluding inappropriate ones. The contents of this structuralized survey included the obligation of proper name badge use for dental health care personnel, the legal work scopes of a DH and a DA in accordance with the revised execution of the ‘Legal Acts on Medical Technicians’, and the inclusion/exclusion of such contents from dental colleges/schools curricula. The results were statistically analyzed via the IBM SPSS Statistics 25.0 software.
Results: Many subjects were aware of the difference in scope of work performed by a DH and a DA ( P <0.001), but not their legal obligation to wear appropriate name badges in accordance with the ‘Proposal for the Establishment of the Name Badge Standards for Healthcare Practitioners’. The subjects generally showed higher comprehension of the scope of work performed by a DH (74.3%) than that performed by a DA (57.7%). Without the presence of any corresponding curriculum, accurate responses tended to increase with the students’ seniority. Most students (94.4%) agreed with the need to include a class that teaches the scope of work performed by a DH and a DA in their school curricula.
Conclusions: We have found that education regarding ‘Name Badge Standards for Healthcare Practitioners’ and classification of a dental assistant’s scope of work is lacking in the existing curriculum. Therefore, it is necessary to establish additional curriculum.
키워드
Chair-side dental assistant; Dental hygienist; Dental student; Scope of work
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