Building dental hygienist career paths utilizing computer simulations

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25350319
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Educational technology
• Research Institution: Tokyo Medical and Dental University
• Principal Investigator: Adachi Toshiko 東京医科歯科大学, 歯学部附属病院, 歯科衛生保健部長 (90420265)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): KINOSITA Atsuhiro 東京医科歯科大学, 図書館情報メディア機構, 教授 (10242207) ; Kondo KEIKO 東京医科歯科大学, 大学院医歯学総合研究科, 講師 (20282759) ; Miura YOSHIKO 東京医科歯科大学, 歯学部附属病院, 副歯科衛生保健部長 (20396972) ; SHINADA Kayoko 東京医科歯科大学, 大学院医歯学総合研究科, 教授 (60251542) ; SUNAGA Masayo 東京医科歯科大学, 図書館情報メディア機構, 助教 (90581611)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: 歯科衛生士 / キャリアパス / e-leaning

Outline of Final Research Achievements

In order to grasp the career trends of dental hygienists we conducted a questionnaire survey and obtained 303 responses (response rate 46.3%). According to the survey results, with respect to their careers, more dental hygienists aim to improve their clinical skills rather than to acquire academic backgrounds. Regarding learning opportunities for their career enhancement, 69% of respondents answered positively for such chances and 23% answered negatively. The reasons given for not being able to further their learning were that educational opportunities were only available in urban areas and the high cost of courses available. The rate of e-learning awareness was as low as 25%, though 40% of the total respondents answered they would like to try using it. Regarding career enhancement support for dental hygienists, utilization of e-learning systems is considered to be a useful method.

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予防歯科学