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Assessment of a prosthodontic course for dental hygienists using self‐instructional learning modules
Author(s) -
Nieman JA
Publication year - 1981
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.0022-0337.1981.45.2.tb01430.x
Subject(s) - dental hygiene , medical education , prosthodontics , curriculum , course (navigation) , continuing education , psychology , dental education , medicine , dentistry , pedagogy , engineering , aerospace engineering
Self‐instructional learning modules were used to teach the skill portion of a continuing education course in prosthodontics for dental hygienists. Short‐ and long‐term results obtained from course evaluations and a follow‐up survey indicate that dental hygienists are willing and able to extend their traditionally preventive role to include prosthodontic care. The reaction of the course participants to the self‐instructional learning modules suggests topics for development of additional learning modules for prosthodontic training beyond the basic dental hygiene curriculum as well as for continuing education.