- Title
- An assessment of clinical pairing during oral health teaching: are there benefits to the students
- Creator
- Fall, K. S.; Wallace, J. P.; Taylor, J. A.
- Relation
- The Australian and New Zealand Journal of Dental and Oral Health Therapy Vol. October 2016, Issue 1, p. 17-26
- Publisher
- Australian Dental and Oral Health Therapists' Association
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2016
- Description
- Aim: To record student feedback on the clinical pairing teaching and learning method used during the under graduate dental hygiene clinical component offered at the University of Newcastle, Australia. Methodology: Final year Bachelor of Oral Health students attending the University of Newcastle were asked to complete a questionnaire relating to their perceptions of the clinical pairing teaching and learning method used in clinical sessions at the University of Newcastle Oral Health Clinic, with particular reference to skills and knowledge acquisition. The questionnaire used five point Likert scales, ranging from strongly disagree to strongly agree. A P value was calculated using a chi square test of association. Six open ended questions provided the students with the opportunity to elaborate beyond the structure of the Likert scale questions by enabling individual comments about their experience of the clinical pairing teaching method. Results: Forty three students were enrolled in the final year Bachelor of Oral Health program;, 21 (49%) completed the questionnaire. The chi square test confirmed that students believed that clinical pairing significantly improved their skills and knowledge in the areas of medical history taking, treatment planning, clinical notes, oral health materials, instrument identification, angulation and adaptation, time management, suction placement, infection control and set up and change over routines (P< 0.004). Conclusion: The clinical pairing teaching method significantly enhanced students learning in the selection of oral health materials, medical history taking and improved time management skills. However, other aspects of the teaching model relating to personalities in partnerships, partners tardiness and lack of partners previous dental assisting skills had a negative impact and will require further research.
- Subject
- clinical-pairing; teaching; learning; dental hygiene; team-work; student
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1344922
- Identifier
- uon:29527
- Identifier
- ISSN:2200-3584
- Language
- eng
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