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BACKGROUND: Five higher education institutions (HEIs) in Scotland with qualifying allied health professional (AHP) programmes developed an online programme in practice education. This paper focuses on the design, development and evaluation of this programme. APPROACH: The programme was developed using the ADDIE approach for instructional design and was launched on TURAS (NHS e-learning platform) in November 2020. In November 2021, an online questionnaire was distributed to evaluate the e-learning programme and AHPs' preferences for future practice education training. EVALUATION: Of the 407 responses, 95% (n = 388) were working in the NHS. There was no preference for online or face-to-face format of training. For the majority, having flexibility of time and place was deemed to be important to manage learning particularly given high workloads and staff shortages. Out of the 29% (n = 118) who answered questions regarding the programme, more than 60% (n > 75) of respondents reported it was well organised, the content relevant and would support their learning. Free text comments suggested a desire for networking opportunities to discuss learning. IMPLICATIONS: An e-learning programme for new and existing AHP practice educators in Scotland was developed and launched in November 2020. Key feedback from participants was that they wanted to have opportunities for interaction with other learners to discuss and share their learning whether this was online or face-to-face. The programme now forms the foundation education in practice education for AHPs in Scotland and is supplemented with networking opportunities through synchronous online training with HEIs and via NHS Education for Scotland's virtual community.
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Allied Health Personnel , Learning , Humans , Educational Status , ScotlandABSTRACT
Orthodontic appliances can take advantage of favourable growth in adolescents to achieve treatment goals. However in the elderly where growth potential is modest, tooth movement is still highly feasible and is a useful adjunct to multidisciplinary treatment. Orthodontic treatment of the elderly normally involves limited objectives with goals customised to the patients concerns and functional needs. This case report demonstrates that orthodontic treatment of the elderly is possible and can improve the function and aesthetics of the dentition and thus increase their quality of life.
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Dental Care for Aged , Malocclusion, Angle Class III/therapy , Orthodontics, Corrective/methods , Tooth Movement Techniques/methods , Aged , Dental Stress Analysis , Denture, Partial, Removable , Female , Humans , Malocclusion/therapy , Orthodontics, Corrective/instrumentation , Tooth Movement Techniques/instrumentationABSTRACT
Glass ionomer orthodontic adhesives cause less enamel demineralization during fixed orthodontic appliance treatment than do traditional resin-based products. An in vivo randomized clinical trial was performed comparing the clinical performance of a resin-modified glass ionomer (RMGI) adhesive with a no-mix, resin-based (the control) adhesive over a 12-month period. The split-mouth technique was used to analyze bracket retention, bracket failure causes, and mode of failure for both adhesives in 61 patients. Bracket-failure rates were 10% for the RMGI and 4% for the resin-based adhesive. Both adhesives had 4 times more bracket failures when opposing occlusion was present. The resin-based product demonstrated a higher proportion of resin-to-enamel adhesive failures than did the RMGI. Compared with the resin-based adhesive, the RMGI-bracketed teeth showed improved clinical performance, no enamel surface loss, less enamel demineralization, and faster adhesive removal. However, the RMGI had a 2.6 times greater bracket-failure rate than did the resin-based product.
