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Development and evaluation of a multimedia resource pack for oral health training of medical and nursing staff
Author(s) -
Sweeney M. Petrina,
Bagg Jeremy,
Kirkland George,
Farmer Timothy A.
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
special care in dentistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.328
H-Index - 41
eISSN - 1754-4505
pISSN - 0275-1879
DOI - 10.1111/j.1754-4505.2000.tb00016.x
Subject(s) - medicine , nursing , oral health , scope of practice , resource (disambiguation) , health care , family medicine , computer network , computer science , economics , economic growth
A resource pack has been devised for training medical and nursing staff and other carers in order that they may recognize oral disease and carry out routine oral care and treat common oral disorders. The customdesigned folding pack contains a videotape, a CD‐ROM disc, and an A5‐sized spiral‐bound booklet, together with wall posters and a list of useful addresses. One hundred of the packs were distributed across Scotland to medical, nursing, and dental staff involved in postgraduate medical and nursing education. The packs were independently evaluated by an external organization through a questionnaire and also by telephone interviews. The pack received very positive responses, and 35% of the respondents reported making changes to their current practice. A long‐term measure of success, beyond the scope of this paper, will depend on the measurement of improved quality of oral health care of the patients in those institutions where the pack has been used in training.