Syllabus

Upon completion of the course the graduate learner will:

DH202 C Objectives

1. Incorporate a dental hygiene scholarly identity in preparation for roles in education in academia, public health, oral healthcare industry, and comprehensive healthcare settings.

2. Demonstrate exemplary leadership practices in preparation for future administrative roles within healthcare professional environments.

3. Complete a professional e-porfolio to Illustrate learning and self-reflection using the portfolio's structure to collect, analyze, and demonstrate progression through the stages of learning across the spectrum of graduate dental hygiene education and beyond for lifelong learning (education, research, leadership, public health,  dental hygiene care and other aspects of one's professional evolution). 

4. Differentiate the 4 key components of "Step 6 - Evaluation and Feedback" of the six-step approach to curriculum development applied to dental hygiene education.

5. Analyze learner and program achievement of goals, objectives and outcomes of the curriculum by applying measurement methods congruent with the evaluation questions.

6. Illustrate preferred assessment methods for evaluation of learners’ understanding and sensitivity to diversity as well as cultural competency in basic preparation dental hygiene programs.

7. Identify ethical principles and concerns related to Step 6 - evaluation of the curriculum development process

8. Develop an assessment instrument for evaluation of individual learners’ professionalism within a basic preparation dental hygiene education program.

9. Explain 3 significant reasons for dental hygiene program administrators to support faculty training for their roles in assessment of clinical competence

10. Describe program evaluation components associated with the Commission on Dental Accreditation Standards for dental hygiene education programs

11. Illustrate two ways that collaborative practice conceptual model is applicable to dental hygiene education, present and future.

12. Describe the process of dental hygiene policy development at a state and national level

13. Apply the six aims of oral health quality improvement into dental hygiene education and care delivery in an era of accountability.

14. Identify quality improvement opportunities and challenges for dental hygiene and dental educators within the new quality paradigm