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Faust, William Bryant, IV – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Participation by women in undergraduate higher education in the U.S. has been steadily increasing over the last decade. These increases are now extending into graduate and professional education where more women than men now earn degrees at the doctoral level. While U.S. institutions overall are awarding degrees in the fields of medicine and…
Descriptors: Correlation, Females, Institutional Characteristics, Gender Differences
Sell, Janet A. – ProQuest LLC, 2016
This study was designed to investigate an accredited dental assisting educational program at a Midwest community college. The Bureau of Labor of Statistics (2015) claimed the profession of dental assisting is one of the fastest growing occupation, along with ongoing research that good oral health is linked to overall general health, thereby…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Two Year College Students, Allied Health Personnel, Dentistry
Burch, Sharlee Shirley – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The purpose of this non-experimental causal-comparative study was to determine if service-learning teaching experience affects dental hygiene faculty perceptions of service-learning benefits and barriers in the United States. Dental hygiene educators from entry-level dental hygiene education programs in the United States completed the Web-based…
Descriptors: Allied Health Personnel, Dentistry, Dental Health, Service Learning
Notgarnie, Howard M. – ProQuest LLC, 2011
The complexity of decision-making in dental hygienists' practice requires critical thinking skills. Interest in raising educational standards for entry into the dental hygiene profession is a response to the demand for enhanced professional skills, including critical thinking skills. No studies found in the course of literature review compared…
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Thinking Skills, Dentistry, Allied Health Occupations Education
Fattore-Bruno, LaDeane – ProQuest LLC, 2009
The purpose of this survey research was to determine the diffusion of digital radiography, the electronic oral health record (EOHR), digital intraoral photography, and diagnosis and clinical decision-making support software into the dental offices of Nevada. A cross-sectional survey design was utilized with a random sample of 600 Nevada dentists.…
Descriptors: Photography, Dental Health, Computer Software, Dentistry
Tsokris, Maureen – ProQuest LLC, 2010
This study investigated student and faculty perceptions of their experiences with online learning in dental hygiene Bachelor of Science degree completion programs on the dimensions of: quality of learning, connectedness to the learning environment, technology factors and student satisfaction. The experiences of dental hygiene students who took…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Student Attitudes, Group Activities, Distance Education