Investigate the extent to which new research findings are incorporated into the dental hygiene curriculum. Investigate the extent to which students are taught critical thinking and decision-making skills. Identify the factors leading to curriculum modification and reform in dental hygiene academic programmes. Investigate the extent to which students are taught self-assessment and evaluation skills. Develop a predictive model for future needs/demands for dental hygiene personnel. |
Investigate the extent to which new research findings are incorporated into the dental hygiene curriculum. Validate and test measures that evaluate student critical thinking and decision-making skills. Evaluate the extent to which current dental hygiene curriculum prepares dental hygienists to meet the increasingly complex oral health needs of the public. Critically appraise current methods of evaluating (assessing) clinical competency. Investigate how other health professions have established the masters and doctoral levels of education as their entry level into practice. Identify the factors that affect recruitment and retention of faculty. Assess how educators are socialising students into research. Investigate curriculum models for training and certification of competency in specialty areas.
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