Perception and Knowledge of Dental House Surgeons About Multidisciplinary Treatment and Coordination for Successful Dental Treatment
Journal Title: International Journal of Educational Science and Research (IJESR) - Year 2017, Vol 7, Issue 3
Abstract
Background Various departments of many dental colleges in India have been functioning as separate entities with limited coordination between them. Purpose A pilot study was undertaken with an aim to assess the perception and knowledge of dental interns toward multidisciplinary treatment and coordination for successful dental treatment. Subjects and Methods Dental interns from a dental college in Chennai (South India) participated in the study. A 17-item selfadministered, structured closed-ended questionnaire was used to collect the data. Four questions assessed the perception and 12 questions assessed the knowledge. Results Among 100 interns who participated in the study, 84% reported that they lacked training in an interdisciplinary approach. Approximately, 67% reported that the curriculum should be designed to include interdisciplinary training. Nearly, 69% reported that specialist from different specialty should be posted in one interdisciplinary department. Around 60% reported that they did not have the confidence of treating the patient as a whole. When the overall mean scores were considered, the highest scores were obtained for endodontic related questions (95.3) and the lowest for the orthodontic related questions (83.6). Conclusions Dental interns perceived that they lacked training in a multidisciplinary treatment approach. Hence, dental colleges should include interdisciplinary treatment as part of the undergraduate course.
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MUGILAN A, JAGOB MATHEW PHILIP, HELEN MARY ABRAHAM, C. J. VENKATA KRISHNAN
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