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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.
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Humans , Classification , Comprehension , Curriculum , Delivery of Health Care , Dental Assistants , Dental Hygienists , Education , Jurisprudence , Seoul , Students, DentalABSTRACT
El profesor José Felipe López Campos es un ejemplo de formación de las nuevas generaciones. Destacado en la participación en actividades revolucionarias y sociales, la formación de recursos humanos universitarios y nivel medio en Estomatología. Profesor de varias asignaturas de pregrado y posgrado, y responsable nacional de la formación del personal para-estomatológico. Se realizó una investigación histórica para recopilar los datos biográficos más generales del Dr. José Felipe López Campo. Se consultaron como fuentes documentales el expediente de cuadros de la Facultad de Estomatología y la documentación aportada por la familia. La información fue organizada según su desempeño político, su labor docente-administrativa, su actividad científica, así como las condecoraciones que recibió. Gracias a este hombre fue sembrada la semilla del futuro árbol estomatológico en Cuba después del triunfo de la Revolución y se convirtió así en un precursor de la Docencia Médica Media y Profesional de la Estomatología.
Professor López Campo, example training new generations. Featured in revolutionary activities and participation in social, human resource training and university level over Stomatology, Professor of several undergraduate courses and graduate and as a national staff training para-stomatological. Historical research was conducted to gather more general biographical data of Dr. José Felipe Lopez Field. It was as documentary sources record box, Faculty of Stomatology and documentation provided by the family. The information was organized according to their political performance, their teaching-administrative, scientific activity and the decorations he received from others. Thanks, this man who sow the seeds of future stomatological tree in Cuba after the triumph of the Revolution, becoming a forerunner of Medical teaching and Professional Media Stomatology.