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Preclinical laboratory course in dental behavioral science: changing human behavior
Author(s) -
Weinstein P,
Getz T
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
journal of dental education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.53
H-Index - 68
eISSN - 1930-7837
pISSN - 0022-0337
DOI - 10.1002/j.0022-0337.1978.42.3.tb01171.x
Subject(s) - behavioural sciences , course (navigation) , psychology , dental laboratory , animal behavior , medical education , medicine , dentistry , engineering , biology , psychotherapist , zoology , aerospace engineering
Dental health professionals are frequently frustrated when they present preventive or therapeutic regimens to patients. This paper describes an approach to the teaching of behavioral science designed to familiarize the dental student with applying behavioral change techniques to dental problems. Ninety‐nine second‐year dental students participated in the two‐credit course. Students were taught in six groups, each led by a clinician‐behavioral scientist team. The behavioral science materials were presented in five slide‐tape programs developed by the authors. The key to the course was a behavior change project in which each student identified a problem, designed an intervention strategy, and attempted to manage the problem using the behavioral techniques presented.