A Survey of Clinical Faculty Calibration in Dental Hygiene Programs.
Purpose: This study investigated the calibration efforts of entry-level dental hygiene programs in the U.S. Four aspects were explored, including attitudes, characteristics, quality and satisfaction, to evaluate current calibration practices. Methods: A descriptive comparative survey design was used...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Dental Hygiene Vol. 89; no. 4; pp. 264 - 274 |
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American Dental Hygienists Association
Aug2015
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=109393334&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 109393334 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 1043254X 0CM jtl: Journal of Dental Hygiene issn: 1043254X maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Aug2015 vid: 89 iid: 4 pid: 1936 pub: American Dental Hygienists Association place: Chicago, Illinois artinfo: ui: 109393334 109393334 109393334 NLM26304951 109393334 ppf: 264 ppct: 10 formats: fmt: @attributes: type: P tig: atl: A Survey of Clinical Faculty Calibration in Dental Hygiene Programs. aug: au: Dicke, Nichole L. Hodges, Kathleen O. Rogo, Ellen J. Hewett, Beverly J. affil: Department of Dental Education, Indiana University-Purdue University, Fort Wayne sug: subj: Dental Hygiene Program Evaluation Quality of Health Care Clinical Competence Attitude of Health Personnel Employee Attitudes Internet Questionnaires Descriptive Statistics Data Analysis Software Odds Ratio Confidence Intervals Mann-Whitney U Test Education, Masters Summated Rating Scaling Employment ab: Purpose: This study investigated the calibration efforts of entry-level dental hygiene programs in the U.S. Four aspects were explored, including attitudes, characteristics, quality and satisfaction, to evaluate current calibration practices. Methods: A descriptive comparative survey design was used. Directors of accredited dental hygiene programs (n=345) were asked to forward an electronic survey invitation to clinical faculty. Eighty-five directors forwarded the survey to 847 faculty; 45.3% (n=384) participated. The 37-item survey contained multiple-choice and Likert scale questions and was available for 3 weeks. Descriptive statistics were used to analyze demographic data and research questions. The Kruskal-Wallis, Spearman Correlation Coefficient and Mann-Whitney U tests were employed to analyze hypotheses (p=0.05). Results: The demographic profile for participants revealed that most worked for institutions awarding associate entry-level degrees, had 1 to 10 years' experience, taught clinically and didactically, and held a master's degree. Clinical instructors valued calibration, believed it reduced variation and wanted more calibration. Some were not offered quality calibration. There was a difference between the entry-level degree awarded and the program's evaluation of clinical skill faculty reliability, as analyzed using the Kruskal-Wallis test (p=0.008). Additionally, full-time versus part-time educators reported more observed student frustration with faculty variance, as evaluated using the Mann-Whitney U test (p=0.001, bfp=0.004). Conclusion: Faculty members value calibration's potential benefits and want enhanced calibration efforts. Calibration efforts need to be improved to include standards for measuring intra- and inter-rater reliability and plans for resolving inconsistencies. More research is needed to determine effective calibration methods and their impact on student learning. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: research tables/charts Journal Article ougenre: Article language: English refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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