Purpose: To record the views of final year dental hygiene students from the University of
Newcastle, Australia about a placement in 17 residential aged care facilities, on the NSW …

Aims The aim of this study was to determine whether dental hygiene students attending
residential aged care facilities (RACF s) during a placement programme gained any …

Aim: To record student feedback on a placement programme where students offered oral
health assessments and oral hygiene advice to older people living in Residential Aged Care …

Introduction The aim of this qualitative study was to measure the effect of a specifically
designed orientation re‐enactment DVD used to facilitate dental hygiene students transition …

Objectives: A pilot oral health promotion student placement program was developed in
February 2009 to provide final year Bachelor of Oral Health students with an opportunity to …

Objective: To determine manager and staff perceptions of oral health and dental service
issues for residents in aged care facilities in the Perth Metropolitan Area, Western Australia …

Introduction: A s the population ages, educational health care programs must increase
efforts to provide geriatric health knowledge to students and to socialize them into settings …

While placements in external locations are being increasingly used in dental education
globally, few studies have explored the student learning experience at such placements …

Geriatric education is an important component of the dental hygiene curriculum because, in
it, students acquire skills and attitudes to help provide quality care to older adults. The …

Purpose: Research indicates that geriatric education continues to be inadequate across the
health professions and graduates are unprepared to care for the increasing numbers of …