Browsing by Subject "dental hygiene"

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    Measuring Clinical Reasoning in Senior Dental Hygiene Students Through the Use of s-OSCEs
    (2019-08) Borowicz, Shannon
    Purpose/Objective: Dental hygiene students must be learning, using, and understanding clinical reasoning to complete the dental hygiene process of care during any clinical encounter. It is expected that students’ clinical reasoning skills will progress as they advance through the curriculum. The study findings will provide data to show whether clinical reasoning progresses throughout the curriculum. Methods: This study employed a cohort/repeated measures design to measure change in baccalaureate dental hygiene students' clinical reasoning skills with regard to the dental hygiene process of care over the course of one year (n=26). A practice case was given to students one week prior to testing. Students were tested three times over their senior year in the fall semester, spring semester, and summer semester. Analyses included descriptive statistics and a repeated measures ANOVA model test. Results: All criterions measured on the s-OSCE rubric showed improvement from the fall to spring semester, but scores declined from the spring to summer semester. However, scores were higher in summer than fall. The assessment criterion was the only area students had a statistically significant positive increase in clinical reasoning scores. The evaluation criterion showed student scores improving over the course of the year. However, those results were not statistically significant. Conclusion: Clinical reasoning progression was not found as measured by the s-OSCE. The results found in this study were consistent with the research findings that students have not shown clinical reasoning progression over a specific time period chosen by the investigators.
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    Minnesota Dental Hygienists' Knowledge and Attitudes of Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Screening Practices
    (2017-12) Reibel, Yvette
    Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a multi-factorial disease characterized by the collapse of the airway during sleep. A multi-disciplinary approach is used to assess, diagnose, treat, and maintain OSA patients with dentistry holding an important role in this relationship. The objective of this study was to determine the current knowledge and attitudes of OSA among Minnesota dental hygienists. A secondary objective was to inventory the screening tools used to assess OSA. A previously validated OSA survey was adapted for use with dental hygienists. A sample of 750 was used with a 26% return rate. Descriptive statistics showed the current knowledge was moderate, and less than 10% of hygienist surveyed worked in practices with established OSA screening protocols. Correlations between age, years in practice, hours worked, and degree type on overall OSA knowledge and attitudes did not show a significant relationship (p<0.05). Dental hygienists are already conducting some OSA pre-screening practices, making them a potentially vital member of OSA screening process.