Learning the Process of Dental Hygiene Care

Developing assessment skills and then making clinical decisions based on assessment data is a continuous challenge in the education of oral healthcare providers. This group of pictures follows a day with some of our junior dental hygiene students at the Jordan University of Science and Technology Dental Center as they learn to take vital signs as part of the client assessment phase of care.

The faculty were impressed with the efficiency and focus of the students.                     

Some photos also show the student's beginning to hold "instruments" (at this point disposable saliva ejectors) as they practice egonomically sound body mechanics and intrument grasp in preparation for hand-activated dental instrumentation. They are still working on each other and will not have patients until the next semester.

Some of you reading this BLOG may recognize four MSDH program alumnae from the Old Dominion University School of Dental Hygiene who are now full-time faculty at Jordan University of Science and Technology. Old Dominion University is very proud of the contributions they are making in the education of dental hygienists in Jordan.

Group discussion and problem solving are inherent to the clinical learning process. The students collaborate and review for an upcoming practical examination.

Recapping the significance of the period objectives allows students to ask questions, debrief, and  provide feedback. Sometimes these sessions require another faculty member to clarify a few concepts in Arabic.

More collaborative group learning to be sure that everyone understands the expectations and criteria for the upcoming practical examination.