Communication Skills for Extended Duties Dental Nurses: The Childsmile Perspective

2015 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 64-66
Author(s):  
Emma O'Keefe
Keyword(s):  
Oral Health ◽  
Communication Skills ◽  
Patient Expectations ◽  
Health Improvement ◽  
Specific Training ◽  
Core Component ◽  
Good Communication ◽  
Improvement Programme ◽  
Training Programmes

Good communication and influencing skills are key competency areas for dental nurses and are highly relevant when working with children and their families/carers in Childsmile, a national oral health improvement programme for children in Scotland. The General Dental Council (GDC) identifies communication skills as one of the nine principles for registrants; a large number of complaints seen by the GDC relate to allegations around communication and patient expectations not being fully met. Much time and investment has been spent in researching the role of the Extended Duties Dental Nurse (EDDN) and ensuring appropriate training is provided. While there is specific training for EDDNs delivering the Childsmile programme, the programme appreciates that good communication skills are a core component of all training programmes for dental nurses. This paper sets out to explore the role of EDDNs in Childsmile and specifically looks at the importance of good communication skills and how it facilitates and impacts on the delivery of the Childsmile programme in a variety of settings.

THE IMPORTANCE ROLES OF TEACHERS IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHING (ELT)

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 69-80
Author(s):  
Umar Umar
Keyword(s):  
Communication Skills ◽  
English Language ◽  
Language Teaching ◽  
Opportunity To Learn ◽  
English Language Teaching ◽  
Job Seekers ◽  
Good Communication ◽  
Foreign Companies ◽  
The Times

the aim of this reseach is to find elaborate the roles of teachers in English language teaching (ELT. Starting from free trade, the increasing number of foreign companies established in Indonesia, so that the use of international languages such as English is very widespread. Of course, aspiring entrepreneurs and job seekers have to master English so they can keep up with the times in this globalization era. If you are still in school or college, then you have the opportunity to learn and master English. If you have graduated from school or college, you should be ready to enter the world of work with the English skills needed by your place of work. To acquire good communication skills or to excel in communication skills, one has to acquire expertise in all the four skills. They are Listening, Speaking, Reading and Writing. Before students are able to master these 4 skills, students have to develop interest towards the subject or language. This is where the important role of the teacher will appear.

scholarly journals Fluoride Varnish in Nursery Schools: A Randomised Controlled Trial – Protecting Teeth @3

2020 ◽  
Vol 54 (3) ◽  
pp. 274-282 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alex D. McMahon ◽  
William Wright ◽  
Yulia Anopa ◽  
Emma McIntosh ◽  
Stephen Turner ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Oral Health ◽  
Controlled Trial ◽  
Fluoride Varnish ◽  
Randomised Control Trial ◽  
Health Improvement ◽  
First Year ◽  
Number Needed To Treat ◽  
Individual Record ◽  
Secondary Endpoints ◽  
Improvement Programme

Studies suggest that fluoride varnish (FV) application can reduce dental caries in child populations. The multiple-component national child oral health improvement programme in Scotland (Childsmile) includes nursery-based universal supervised toothbrushing and deprivation-targeted FV applications, together with community and dental practice prevention interventions. This trial, a double-blind, two-arm randomised control trial, aimed to assess the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of the nursery-based FV applications plus treatment-as-usual (TAU) Childsmile programme interventions, compared to TAU Childsmile interventions alone, in children not targeted to receive nursery FV as part of the programme. Participating children in the first year of nursery (aged three), with or without existing caries, were randomised to either FV or TAU and followed up for 24 months until the first year of primary school. Treatments were administered at six-monthly intervals. The primary endpoint was “worsening of d3mft” from baseline to 24 months. Secondary endpoints were worsening of d3mfs, d3t, mt, and ft. Individual record-linkage captured wider programme activities and tertiary endpoints. A total of 1,284 children were randomised, leading to 1,150 evaluable children (n = 577 FV, n = 573 TAU, 10% dropouts). Mean age was 3.5 years, 50% were female (n = 576), 17% had caries at baseline (n = 195), all balanced between the groups. Most children received three/four treatments. Overall, 26.9% (n = 155) had worsened d3mft in the FV group, and 31.6% (n = 181) in the TAU group, with an odds ratio (OR) of 0.80 (0.62–1.03), p = 0.078. The results for worsening of the secondary endpoints were: d3mfs 0.79 (0.61–1.01) p = 0.063, d3t 0.75 (0.57–0.99) p = 0.043, mt 1.34 (0.75–2.39) p = 0.319, and ft 0.77 (0.53–1.14) p = 0.191. We calculated a number needed to treat of 21 and a cost of GBP 686 to prevent a single worsening of d3mft. There was a modest non-significant reduction in the worsening of d3mft in the nursery FV group compared to TAU, suggesting that this intervention is unlikely to represent an effective or cost-effective addition to the population oral health improvement programme.

scholarly journals Peran tenaga kesehatan puskesmas sebagai komunikator dalam program indonesia sehat dengan pendekatan keluarga

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Tine Silvana Rachmawati
Keyword(s):  
Interpersonal Communication ◽  
Communication Skills ◽  
Medical Professionals ◽  
Government Programs ◽  
Good Communication ◽  
Study Approach ◽  
Family Approach ◽  
The Government

This study discusses the role of Puskesmas medical professionals as communicators in implementation of Indonesia Sehat program with a family approach. Indonesia Sehat program is one of the government programs to improve quality of life of Indonesian people, which is part of the 5th agenda of the Nawa Cita program. In implementing the program, good communication skills of Puskesmas medical professionals is needed to explain the health status and nutritional status of the Indonesian people. The purpose of this study was to find the important role of communication skills for Puskesmas medical professionals and the effectiveness of interpersonal communication in the family approach undertaken by Puskesmas medical professionals. The method used in this research is qualitative with a case study approach. The results of this study show that Puskesmas medical professionals should not treat their patients as clients in business matters, they must treat them with empathy and compassion by conducting good and effective communication for better health. Keywords: Communicator; family approach; Indonesia sehat; Puskesmas medical professionals.

scholarly journals Supportive Communication In Developing Housewife’s Entrepreneurial Of Home-Based Industry

2018 ◽  
Vol 34 (1) ◽  
pp. 61-71
Author(s):  
Ike Junita Triwardhani ◽  
Wulan Tri Gartanti
Keyword(s):  
Interpersonal Communication ◽  
Communication Skills ◽  
Communication Style ◽  
Business Success ◽  
Ethnography Of Communication ◽  
Supportive Communication ◽  
Good Communication ◽  
Home Based ◽  
Communication Approach

The role of women in the family is very important. In addition of taking care their household, women are also able to perform variety of other jobs, such as supporting the household economy by opening a home-based business. The effort to increase a home-based business’ success can be supported by the ability to build relationships with others. Supportive communication is a communication style at interpersonal communication level when someone wants to build a relationship. This study is based on framework of ethnography of communication and housewife’s entrepreneurial. Research method used is qualitative method with ethnographic communication approach. The subject of this research is housewife entrepreneurs of home-based industry. As home-based industry entrepreneurs, they always try to build relationships with employees, consumers, or suppliers as partners.  Building and maintaining relationships to develop the business require good communication skills. Supportiveness becomes a key requirement of communication to develop the relationship. The supports are given by delivering a good motivation for self and business partner, developing creativity according to the typical of each relationship, and also improving communication skills in marketing the products.

scholarly journals Role of Communication Skills in The Success of Business Firms

2020 ◽  
pp. 116-118
Keyword(s):  
Communication Skills ◽  
Research Paper ◽  
Business Organization ◽  
Good Communication ◽  
The People

A best way to define the objectives and plan according to that can be done through proper communication. Communication is very important function to be included in management for success of any business organization . For better running of business it is important that there must be proper communication between superior and subordinate. Managers and employees must be good communicator. There should be proper channel to communicate in the firm.when people communicate for any sort of work it is always profitable for all to get clear ideas of work. Clarifying ideas, thoughts, communicating policies and procedure, listening to grievances ,asking for suggestion, all these discussion can only be done through proper communication skills among the people .Bad communication lead to poor functioning of business activities. Our main aim in this research paper is to highlight the role of communication in any business organization. At personal and professional level it must be clear that survival and success of any organization depends upon the good communication skills.

Peran Organisasi dan Komunikasi bagi Pimpinan di Lingkungan Kerja

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 96-109
Author(s):  
Rima Rizki Syahputri ◽  
Suhairi Suhairi ◽  
Sri Aderafika Sani ◽  
Soibatul Aslamia Nasution
Keyword(s):  
Work Environment ◽  
Organizational Communication ◽  
Communication Skills ◽  
The Other ◽  
Mutual Understanding ◽  
Improve Performance ◽  
Good Communication ◽  
Effective Leaders ◽  
The People

This study aims to determine the role of organizational communication for leaders in the work environment. Communication activities within an organization aim to establish mutual understanding and equate experiences among members of the organization. With good communication, an organization can run smoothly. On the other hand, lacking or absent communication, organizations can fall apart. Therefore, leadership in organizational communication is very important because the presence of the leader is one of the spearheads of success in the organization. The results of the study concluded that communication in a leadership is a very important element in achieving the success of the goals to be achieved by an organization. Therefore, a leader should be good at communicating both verbally and non-verbally. Good communication will be able to increase motivation, so that the information conveyed can be well received and this will be able to improve performance and work control will also be carried out properly. In an organization the leader is a communicator. Effective leaders generally have effective communication skills, so that more or less will be able to stimulate the participation of the people they lead.  

scholarly journals Childsmile: the national child oral health improvement programme in Scotland. Part 1: establishment and development

BDJ ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 209 (2) ◽  
pp. 73-78 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. M. D. Macpherson ◽  
G. E. Ball ◽  
L. Brewster ◽  
B. Duane ◽  
C-L. Hodges ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Oral Health ◽  
Health Improvement ◽  
Improvement Programme ◽  
Child Oral Health

Childsmile: The Child Oral Health Improvement Programme in Scotland

2015 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
pp. 33-37 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lorna MD Macpherson ◽  
Graham E Ball ◽  
Peter King ◽  
Kim Chalmers ◽  
Wendy Gnich
Keyword(s):  
Oral Health ◽  
Health Improvement ◽  
Improvement Programme ◽  
Child Oral Health
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