Despite the crucial role oral health care providers can have in the early identification of eating
disorders and the referral and case management of patients with these disorders, little is …

The objective of this study was to explore how dental hygiene programs in the United States
educate their students about treating patients with special needs. Data were collected from …

Often the first to observe overt health effects of eating disorders, dentists and dental hygienists
play a fundamental role in the secondary prevention of eating disorders. The purpose of …

Distance education offers an opportunity to catalyze sweeping curricular change. Faculty
members of the University of Michigan Dental Hygiene Program spent eighteen months …

Purpose: Motivational Interviewing (MI) is an evidence-based, patient-centered counseling
approach for eliciting behavior change. In 2012, the University of Michigan (UM) Dental …

Program evaluation is a necessary component of curricular change and innovation. It ascertains
whether an innovation has met benchmarks and contributes to the body of knowledge …

Reflecting upon and sharing of clinical experiences in dental hygiene education is a
strategy used to support the application of didactic material to patient care. The promotion of …

There is a growing trend among college accreditation bodies, especially in professional
schools, to incorporate self-assessment in the curriculum and deliver evidence of students' …

Computer Mediated Communication (CMC) can be used as an effective tool for student
communication and collaboration. First-year, first-semester dental hygiene students self-selected …

Purpose. Although oral health providers have an important role in early identification, referral,
and case management of patients with eating disorders, little is reported regarding their …