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OCLC number
1033013033
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Author
Perusini, Darsi.
Title
Undergraduate Dental Students' Experiences and Perceptions in the Provision of Dental Treatment to Persons with Disabilities.
Degree
MAST -- University of Toronto, 2013
Publisher
Toronto : University of Toronto, 2013.
Description
1 online resource
Notes
Includes bibliographical references.
Abstract
This study was undertaken to evaluate undergraduate dental students' clinical experiences in a hospital-based dental clinic (D-clinic), and their influence on students' comfort with providing dental care to persons with disabilities (PWDs). Dental students from a single class at the University of Toronto (n=94) were recruited to complete a survey: (I) close to the start, and (II) near the end of their rotations in D-clinic. Focus group data were used to write and revise survey questions. There was no significant difference in the students' comfort with providing dental care to PWDs between phase-I and phase-II. Previous experience with PWDs was a positive predictor of comfort (P<0.001). Students in phase-II were less willing to provide dental care to individuals with developmental delay compared to students in phase-I (P=0.018). The majority of phase-II students (71%) valued D-clinic; 55% desired additional clinical experience to increase their comfort with providing dental care to PWDs.
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Subject
0567.