Characterization of Tasks and Time Efficiency of Dental Hygiene Students During Clinical Training.

Conclusion: Patient visits were roughly three times the length of the typical dental hygiene care appointment, indicating a disconnect between training and practice. In addition to spending more time on hand scaling tasks, participants spent a lot of time on equipment setup and interacting with or waiting for faculty members. These findings have implications for improving efficiency in educational settings, particularly to facilitate a successful transition to clinical practice. PMID: 33008947 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Journal of Dental Hygiene - Category: Dentistry Tags: J Dent Hyg Source Type: research