Trends in First-Year Dental Students’ Information Technology Knowledge and Use: Results from a U.S. Dental School in 2009, 2012, and 2017

2018 ◽  
Vol 82 (12) ◽  
pp. 1287-1295 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark Scarbecz ◽  
Edward J. DeSchepper
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Dental Students ◽  
Dental School ◽  
First Year ◽  
Technology Knowledge

Changes in attitudes of first-year dental school students toward end of life care after a lecture

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
N Sonoi ◽  
Y Soga ◽  
J Asaumi
Keyword(s):  
End Of Life ◽  
End Of Life Care ◽  
Dental Students ◽  
Dental School ◽  
Rank Test ◽  
First Year ◽  
Life Care ◽  
School Students ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Students Attitudes

Objective: End-of-life care is important to improve the quality of life of terminally ill patients. However, dental school students have few opportunities to learn about such care. The present study was performed to allow future curriculum planning by chronologically examining the influence of an end-of-life care lecture on students’ attitudes toward end-of-life care. Methods:The participants were 48 first-year dental school students (25 men and 23 women; medianage, 19.5y; range, 18 – 26y). The students’ attitudes toward end-of-life care were measured using a shortened version of the Frommelt Attitude Toward Care of the Dying Scale, Form B, Japanese version.The survey was carried out three times—prior to the lecture, immediately after the lecture, and 7 months after the lecture to capture changes over time. The Wilcoxon signed-rank test was used for statistical analysis. Results: A 100% collection rate/valid response rate was achieved before and immediately after the lecture. Furthermore, 91.7% of those who responded to the survey returned valid responses 7 months after the lecture. Of the six items, the post-lecture score for “it is meaningful for me to care for dying patients” increased significantly from the pre-lecture score (p < 0.05), but that recorded 7 months after the lecture did not show a significant difference from the pre-lecture score (p > 0.05). Conclusion: One-off lectures have limited influence on attitudes and awareness regarding end-of-life care among first-year dental students. Thus, a systematic curriculum over 6 years is necessary.

scholarly journals Education Regarding and Adherence to Recommended Nutrition Guidelines among Dental Students

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (8) ◽  
pp. 93
Author(s):  
Camille Frayna ◽  
Christoffer Devantier ◽  
Braden Harris ◽  
Karl Kingsley ◽  
Joshua M. Polanski
Keyword(s):  
Vegetable Intake ◽  
School Curriculum ◽  
School Nutrition ◽  
Dental Students ◽  
Dietary Guidelines ◽  
Dental School ◽  
First Year ◽  
Nutrition Survey ◽  
Positive Health ◽  
Highly Educated

The Dietary Guidelines for Americans (DGA) were developed to reduce or prevent many types of chronic illness, including cancer, heart disease and diabetes. Healthcare provider recommendations may be influenced by understanding of and adherence to the DGA, which may be incorporated into provider training, medical and dental clinical curricula—although few studies have evaluated adherence to the DGA among dental students. This approved retrospective study of voluntary student responses from a first-year dental school nutrition course included a short dietary and exercise survey administered as part of the DGA learning module. A total of N = 299 students completed the voluntary nutrition survey, yielding a response rate of 91.4%. Daily fruit and vegetable intake, dairy and whole grain servings among UNLV-SDM students were significantly lower than the DGA recommendations but higher than U.S. averages for 18–30-year-olds—although neither group met DGA recommendations. This study represents one of the first to evaluate the dietary intake of U.S. dental students for comparison with the DGA for positive health behaviors. These data demonstrate a lack of adherence to the DGA among highly educated dental students and the need for the curricular inclusion of diet and nutrition into the dental school curriculum.

scholarly journals Dental Students’ Knowledge and Attitudes about Human Papillomavirus Prevention

Vaccines ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (8) ◽  
pp. 888
Author(s):  
Marjorie Wright ◽  
Vanessa Pazdernik ◽  
Corey Luebbering ◽  
Joan M. Davis
Keyword(s):  
Human Papillomavirus ◽  
Hpv Vaccination ◽  
Training Session ◽  
School Curriculum ◽  
Dental Students ◽  
Dental School ◽  
Dental Student ◽  
First Year ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Knowledge And Attitudes

The purpose of the current study was to assess knowledge and attitudes about human papillomavirus (HPV) and HPV vaccination for oropharyngeal cancer (OPC) prevention in first-year through fourth-year dental students. Methods: In this cross-sectional quantitative study, surveys assessed knowledge and attitudes about HPV, HPV-related OPC, and HPV vaccination of incoming first-year dental students (D1), outgoing first- and second-year dental students (D1–D2), and outgoing third- and fourth-year dental students (D3–D4). After completing a 40-item pre-training knowledge and attitude assessment survey, a one-time, one-hour national HPV training session was conducted. An 8-item attitudinal post-survey was completed after training. Results: Of 173 participants (75.9% response rate), over 85% did not know that the rate of HPV is not highest among women in their 30s, and only 11% to 28% knew that smoking-associated OPC is more deadly than HPV-associated OPC. While participants overall expressed willingness to administer the HPV vaccine, the willingness of dental students to do so in their future practice tapered off progressively through dental school year categories (p < 0.001). Among outgoing D1–D4 students, the one-hour HPV training increased participants’ self-perceived ability to describe the burden of HPV disease, discuss the importance of HPV vaccination for cancer prevention, and provide needed HPV vaccination information to parents (all p ≤ 0.004). Conclusions: Understanding deficits in dental student knowledge and attitudes across the 4 years of dental school may help dental educators better understand the timing and content needed for effective HPV training in the dental school curriculum to reduce HPV-associated OPC prevalence.

Changes in role perceptions by first-year dental students

1977 ◽  
Vol 41 (8) ◽  
pp. 507-510 ◽  
Author(s):  
AC Rosen ◽  
M Marcus ◽  
N Johnson
Keyword(s):  
Dental Students ◽  
First Year ◽  
Role Perceptions

Relationship of stress and performance among first-year dental students

1986 ◽  
Vol 50 (5) ◽  
pp. 264-267 ◽  
Author(s):  
GH Westerman ◽  
TG Grandy ◽  
JV Lupo ◽  
RE Mitchell
Keyword(s):  
Dental Students ◽  
First Year ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Relationship Of

Analisis Pembangunan Sistem Informasi Pengelolaan Lingkungan Bebas Sampah Terintegrasi di Wilayah Pariwisata Indonesia

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 54-61
Author(s):  
Leonardi Paris Hasugian ◽  
Sintya Sukarta ◽  
Raden Fenny Syafariani
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Knowledge Management ◽  
Management System ◽  
Visual Communication ◽  
Knowledge Management System ◽  
Communication Media ◽  
Tourism Destination ◽  
Technology Knowledge ◽  
Index Terms

Cleanliness is one of many other indicator that have to be held by a tourism destination. It mean that the tourism destination should be clean from garbage or any other dirty things. Indonesia is a tourism destination that have been known as a beautiful and humble country to be visited. As a tourism country, Indonesia should also give a big concern to the cleanliness issue. Various criticisms and suggestions always delivered to the manager or government of the tourist sites, but the response from them was null. There have to be a research to find out what is the root of the environment cleanliness problem and which part of the improvement that was missed. This study covers how to integrate all the stakeholder by using Information Technology in order to address the environment cleanliness issue. Existing policy established will be the basis for analyzing, designing, implementing, and evaluating a product in addressing the issues of garbage. The research is developed under the PEST and SWOT method, and using the Knowledge Management System. Visual Communication Media is a product that was built to help people in controlling the outstanding garbage. Information technology is built to become a medium in managing information related to garbage problems. Meanwhile, Counseling and Socializing is held to provide learning of the importance in maintaining hygiene. The integration of these things is monitored and evaluated to obtain a comprehensive improvement. Index Terms—Cleanliness, Information Technology, Knowledge Management System.

The Jay Healey Technique: Teaching Law and Ethics to Medical and Dental Students

1994 ◽  
Vol 20 (4) ◽  
pp. 439-455
Author(s):  
Barbara B. Blechner ◽  
Christie L. Hager ◽  
Nancy R. Williams
Keyword(s):  
Dental Students ◽  
First Year ◽  
Health Law ◽  
Ethical Aspects ◽  
School Settings ◽  
Law And Ethics ◽  
The University ◽  
University Of Connecticut ◽  
Case Based ◽  
Medical And Dental Students

Health law and medical ethics are both integral parts of undergraduate medical curricula. The literature has addressed the importance of teaching law and ethics separately in medical school settings, yet there have been few descriptions of teaching law and ethics together in the same curriculum. A combined program in law and ethics required for first-year medical and dental students was developed and implemented by Professor Joseph (Jay) M. Healey, Jr., at the University of Connecticut Schools of Medicine and Dental Medicine from 1975 until his death in 1993. This Article describes the thirty-hour, interactive, case-based course he created. The course, Legal and Ethical Aspects of Medicine and Dental Medicine (LEA), has continued after Jay 's death, and is one of his many legacies to us. LEA consists of fifty-six actual and hypothetical cases written by Jay from which basic legal and ethical principles are extracted by participants and reinforced by instructors.

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