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Sandra D'Amato-Palumbo1, Phanuel Mariano2, Andy Richards3
1School of Health Sciences, Allied Health Department, University of New Haven, West Haven, CT, USA spalumbo@newhaven.edu.
Dental hygiene administrators believe student involvement in program assessments significantly improves curriculum, learning goals, and instruction. Encouraging student participation in planning and assessment is recommended for program enhancement.
Area of Science:
- Health Professions Education
- Dental Hygiene Program Assessment
Background:
- Students can influence dental hygiene program assessments.
- Limited understanding exists regarding student contributions to program improvements.
Purpose of the Study:
- To explore correlations between dental hygiene students' assessment participation and program improvements.
- To investigate how student involvement impacts dental hygiene program development.
Main Methods:
- Survey distributed to 325 US dental hygiene program administrators.
- Used descriptive statistics and Spearman's rank-order correlation.
- Analyzed closed-ended and open-ended questionnaire responses.
Main Results:
- 55 administrators completed the survey.
- Student assessment participation correlated with improvements in self-study, learning goals, curriculum, instruction, and performance.
- Strongest correlations found between capstone course participation and curriculum revision, learning goal revision, and instruction improvement.
Conclusions:
- Dental hygiene administrators perceive student participation in assessments as valuable for program improvement.
- Student involvement in program planning and assessment processes should be considered by administrators.
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