PROBLEM STATEMENT: Dental hygiene students are taught theory-based concepts in a didactic class then they must transfer those concepts to a clinical setting. However, there is a gap in the transfer of knowledge from the didactic setting to the clinical setting in health education.
PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to investigate dental hygiene students’ perceptions of the effectiveness, appeal, and satisfaction of dental hygiene instrumentation videos that were developed and incorporated into one dental hygiene theory didactic course and one preclinic course as an aid to enhance learning in the clinical setting.
METHODS: This study was determined exempt (2125838-2) by a university Institutional Review Board. All first-year dental hygiene students (N=41) at one United States baccalaureate dental hygiene program were invited to participate. The Instructional Aids Survey, a valid and reliable instrument, was used to measure the effectiveness, appeal, and satisfaction of the dental hygiene instrumentation videos. The data was analyzed utilizing descriptive statistics and Pearson correlation.
RESULTS: A 100% response rate (N=41) was attained. Results found 88%-100% of respondents reported they strongly agreed or agreed with all Likert-style questions related to effectiveness, appeal, and satisfaction of the videos. Most respondents used the videos for practice (95%), review (90%), and clarification (90%). All respondents (100%) reported using the videos while practicing instrumentation and liking using the videos. Respondents who accessed the instrumentation videos more often each week were more likely to report the videos helped them while practicing dental hygiene instrumentation (p=.01), as well as report the information in the videos enhanced what they learned in the face-to-face clinic sessions (p=.04).
CONCLUSIONS: Survey respondents reported the instrumentation videos were effective, appealing, and satisfying. Results suggest instrumentation videos may help close the gap between the transfer of didactic concepts of instrumentation into the clinical setting in dental hygiene education.
All abstract authors: Amber W. Hunt, RDH, BSDH, MS
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