Increasing opportunistic oral cancer screening examinations: findings from focus groups with general dentists in Puerto Rico.
This study aims to identify educational and training modalities that dentists in Puerto Rico (PR) believe will increase the quality and quantity of opportunistic oral cancer screening examinations (OCS) in dental offices on the island. The study was conducted in three phases: a systematic search of...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Cancer Education Vol. 30; no. 2; pp. 277 - 284 |
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| Formato: | Journal Article |
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Springer Nature
Jun2015
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=109729295&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 109729295 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 08858195 FZ8 jtl: Journal of Cancer Education issn: 08858195 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Jun2015 vid: 30 iid: 2 pid: 237 pub: Springer Nature place: New York, New York artinfo: ui: 109729295 NLM24894606 2012990013 10.1007/s13187-014-0679-x NLM24894606 PMC4257890 109729295 ppf: 277 ppct: 7 formats: tig: atl: Increasing opportunistic oral cancer screening examinations: findings from focus groups with general dentists in Puerto Rico. aug: au: Psoter, Walter J Morse, Douglas E Sánchez-Ayendez, Melba Vélez Vega, Carmen M Aguilar, Maria L Buxó-Martinez, Carmen J Psoter, Jodi A Kerr, Alexander R Lane, Christina M Scaringi, Vincent J Elias, Augusto Vega, Carmen M Vélez sug: ab: This study aims to identify educational and training modalities that dentists in Puerto Rico (PR) believe will increase the quality and quantity of opportunistic oral cancer screening examinations (OCS) in dental offices on the island. The study was conducted in three phases: a systematic search of relevant literature, an expert review and consensus panel, and focus groups (FG) involving PR general dentists. To increase OCS by dentists in PR, the FG participants proposed a small group, hands-on OCS training, an integrated oral cancer course, and readily available videos, photographs, and computer simulations to further demonstrate OCS performance and facilitate differential diagnosis. OCS training requirements for licensure and re-licensure, improving OCS dentist-patient communication skills, and establishment of an oral lesion referral center were also viewed favorably. In conclusion, general dentists in our FGs believed the quality and quantity of OCS in Puerto Rico can be increased through the application of specific continuing education and training modalities. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Journal Article ougenre: Article language: English refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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