Moving toward a competency‐based curriculum: Analyzing patients’ information and students’ evaluation in geriatric dentistry

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nareudee Limpuangthip ◽  
Orapin Komin ◽  
Teerawut Tatiyapongpaiboon
Keyword(s):  
Geriatric Dentistry ◽  
Competency Based

scholarly journals Moving towards a competency-based curriculum: Analyses of patients’ information and students’ evaluation in geriatric and special care dentistry

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nareudee Limpuangthip ◽  
Orapin Komin ◽  
Teerawut Tatiyapongpaiboon
Keyword(s):  
Patient Care ◽  
Academic Staff ◽  
Core Competency ◽  
Special Care ◽  
Oral Disease ◽  
Ordinal Scale ◽  
Geriatric Dentistry ◽  
Knowledge Based ◽  
Competency Based ◽  
Special Patient

Abstract Background: There is no core competency for geriatric dentistry and special patient care (GSP) in Thailand. Therefore, a GSP program was developed as a knowledge-based curriculum. The purpose of this study was to describe the development and architecture of the GSP curriculum by analysing information of the patients attending the GSP clinic and students’ evaluation to move towards a competency-based curriculum. Comparisons with the original GSP curriculum and future direction are discussed.Methods: The development and architecture of the GSP curriculum were described. Information of the 130 patients attending the GSP clinic, and those who participated in a maintenance recall was analysed. Students’ evaluation was performed using a questionnaire comprising 21 items within 7 domains based on the ASEAN University Network-Quality Assurance (AUN-QA) checklist. The responses were made using a 5-point ordinal scale ranging from totally agree to totally disagree.Results: Only 50% of the patients attended a maintenance recall to be assessed for their oral and general health. Among the recalled patients, 74.2% reported emerging problems. The AUN-QA questionnaire responses indicated that students mostly agreed with the program specification, teaching and learning approach, students’ assessment methods, student quality, and support domains. Indifferent reactions were predominantly on the expected learning outcomes, a clear contribution of each course, timely student feedback, academic staff quality, and output domains. The modified curriculum was developed based on the patients’ information and students’ evaluation. The original and modified GSP curricula were compared.Conclusions: Information analysis of the patients and students’ evaluation are essential to move a knowledge-based curriculum for geriatric and special patient care dentistry towards a competency-based curriculum that is appropriate for the patients’ condition and serve students’ requirements. Oral health care in elderly and special care patients requires a multidisciplinary approach, and should encompass oral disease problems, behavior and social context.

A compendium of objectives for geriatric dentistry

1985 ◽  
Vol 49 (9) ◽  
pp. 627-635 ◽  
Author(s):  
GC Kress ◽  
GC Vidmar
Keyword(s):  
Geriatric Dentistry

Geriatric dentistry in the predoctoral curriculum

1985 ◽  
Vol 49 (10) ◽  
pp. 689-695 ◽  
Author(s):  
J Moshman ◽  
GB Warren ◽  
DH Blandford ◽  
L Aumack
Keyword(s):  
Geriatric Dentistry

Training Aides to Screen Children for Speech and Language Problems

1976 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 236-241 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marisue Pickering ◽  
William R. Dopheide
Keyword(s):  
Rural Areas ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
School Personnel ◽  
School Age Children ◽  
Speech And Language ◽  
Elementary School Age ◽  
Evaluation Procedures ◽  
Language Problems ◽  
Competency Based ◽  
Large Scale Screening

This report deals with an effort to begin the process of effectively identifying children in rural areas with speech and language problems using existing school personnel. A two-day competency-based workshop for the purpose of training aides to conduct a large-scale screening of speech and language problems in elementary-school-age children is described. Training strategies, implementation, and evaluation procedures are discussed.

Benefits of competency-based treatment programs.

1995 ◽  
Vol 50 (7) ◽  
pp. 509-513 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard H. Hunter
Keyword(s):  
Treatment Programs ◽  
Competency Based
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