Education and competences of dental hygienists in the

Education and competences of dental hygienists in the Netherlands Ron Knevel, Sarah Straman Hogeschool Holland

Competences – cluster 1 Analysing patient request and follow up n Gathering details from an interview n Gathering details from research n Analysing/interpreting details n Defining problems, diagnosing n Influencing behaviour n

Handling n Evaluating process n Evaluating the product n Reporting n

Competences – Cluster 2: (Working in an organisation) Consultation n Management, operation, tactics and strategies n

Competences- Cluster 3: (Working at professionalization) Development of professional composition n Integrated tests n Practical research n Innovation n

Function of competences Manual skills Critical thinking and Expairing

Working with competences Academic year = 4 periods n Every period (10 weeks) has a main theme, e. g. “ Healthy mouth“ n The theme influences work with main competences (research, written report) n Other competences will be worked on, too as students will also be tretaing patients (treatment, communication) n

Portfolio Reflection n POP (personal achievement plan) n Results n

Reflection period 3 At the beginning of period 3 we had a lot of patient treatment. I enjoyed working individually. I think that my communication skills have improved in this period. Working with cuerettes I found very difficult. I did not always know when to use which curette. In this period we also. .

POP Competence 1, Treatment 14 April 2005 Period 4 I find it difficult to work with different curettes. I want to be able to clean each quadrant with different curettes. During period 4, I want to spend 1 hour a week working on fantom heads with different curettes. At the end of period 4 I will show my fellow students skills and ask them to give me feedback.

Results Feedback from 8 fellow students.

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