Oral Health Education for Medical Students: Malaysian and Australian Students’ Perceptions of Educational Experience and Needs
| Autor: | Mas Suryalis Ahmad, Sabariah Abdul Rahman, Ishak Abdul Razak, Menaka A. Abuzar, Gelsomina L Borromeo |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Students Medical medicine.medical_treatment education Oral Health 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Nursing medicine Curriculum development 030212 general & internal medicine Physician's Role Curriculum Response rate (survey) Edentulism Education Medical business.industry Australia Malaysia 030206 dentistry General Medicine Interprofessional education medicine.disease stomatognathic diseases Attitude Family medicine Health Education Dental Smoking cessation Health education business Inclusion (education) |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Dental Education. 81:1068-1076 |
| ISSN: | 0022-0337 |
| DOI: | 10.21815/jde.017.060 |
| Popis: | Education in oral health is important to prepare future medical professionals for collaborative roles in maintaining patients' oral health, an important component of general health and well-being. The aims of this study were to determine the perceptions of medical students in Malaysia and Australia of the quality of their training in oral health care and their perceptions of their professional role in maintaining the oral health of their patients. A survey was administered in the classroom with final-year Malaysian (n=527; response rate=79.3%) and Australian (n=455; response rate: 60%) medical students at selected institutions in those countries. In the results, most of these medical students reported encountering patients with oral health conditions including ulcers, halitosis, and edentulism. A majority in both countries reported believing they should advise patients to obtain regular dental check-ups and eat a healthy diet, although they reported feeling less than comfortable in managing emergency dental cases. A high percentage reported they received a good education in smoking cessation but not in managing dental trauma, detecting cancerous lesions, or providing dietary advice in oral disease prevention. They expressed support for inclusion of oral health education in medical curricula. These students' experience with and perceptions of oral health care provide valuable information for medical curriculum development in these two countries as well as increasing understanding of this aspect of interprofessional education and practice now in development around the world. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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