Purpose: Health care education requires students to connect classroom learning with patient
care. The purpose of this study was to explore dental hygiene students' perceptions of …

Purpose: Individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) have a higher
risk of oral disease and require assistance in performing oral self-care. The purpose of this …

The development of strong interpersonal relationships between clinical instructors and students
has been found to contribute to clinical teaching effectiveness (CTE). In addition, strong …

… Smethers, RDH, MSDH is an instructor; Dianne L. Smallidge, RDH, EdD is an associate
professor and graduate program director; Lori J. Giblin-Scanlon, RDH, MSDH is an associate …

Purpose/objectives There is little research regarding dental hygiene faculty perspectives on
advising graduate students through the thesis process. This study explored dental hygiene …

Purpose: Workplace violence (WPV) and inappropriate patient sexual behavior (IPSB) have
become increasingly prevalent in the United States. Previous research has shown health …

Many health professions have identified characteristics of an effective clinical instructor and
used this information to create tools to measure clinical teaching effectiveness (CTE) in their …

Research indicates a high prevalence of oral disease among Albanians. There is a lack of
evidence regarding oral health beliefs and practices among Albanian immigrants in the …

Purpose: Infrequent use of the Western health care by the Vietnamese may be explained by
deeply-rooted traditional oral health beliefs and practices unique to the Asian culture. This …

Purpose: The purpose of the study was to assess the knowledge, education, attitudes,
confidence, and practice of dental hygienists providing dental care to adult patients with dental …