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Dental Students’ Perceptions of Self‐Efficacy and Cultural Competence with School‐Based Programs
Author(s) -
Gundersen David,
Bhagavatula Pradeep,
Pruszynski Jessica E.,
Okunseri Christopher
Publication year - 2012
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.0022-0337.2012.76.9.tb05372.x
Subject(s) - competence (human resources) , cultural competence , oral health , perception , medicine , self efficacy , family medicine , psychology , dental care , medical education , odds , dentistry , nursing , pedagogy , social psychology , logistic regression , neuroscience
This study explored perceptions of first‐year dental students’ self‐efficacy, cultural competence, and intent to provide care in school‐based settings before and after the completion of an oral health educational rotation with inner‐city public school children. The oral health educational rotation is mandatory for all first‐year dental students at Marquette University School of Dentistry (MUSoD). Pre‐ and post‐rotation surveys on perceptions of self‐efficacy, cultural competence, and intent to provide care in school‐based settings were administered online to first‐year dental students at MUSoD. The pre‐ and post‐rotation survey response rates were 75 percent and 70 percent, respectively. The percentages of students reporting a dentist as a family member in the pre and post surveys were 36.7 percent and 39.3 percent, respectively. Students who reported having a dentist as a family member had significantly higher adjusted odds for self‐efficacy (1.73, CI: 1.06–2.84) and cultural competence (2.03, 95 percent CI: 1.03–4.00). Dental students’ participation in a mandatory oral health education rotation was associated with an increase in self‐efficacy and cultural competence, but not with their intent to provide dental care in school‐based settings.