Dental Explorers: A Review Course for Dental Hygiene Students
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2025-05-08
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The University of Hawai‘i Dental Hygiene Program is a career program designed to teach students how to become registered dental hygienists. Many first-year students in this program struggle to master the basic concepts of the dental explorer, which affects their clinical skills. To address this issue, an asynchronous online course was created to help first-year students review foundational knowledge about dental explorers before they apply their skills in clinical practice. The course’s design process was guided by the ADDIE framework and Bloom’s Revised Taxonomy.
Usability was evaluated through a synchronous online session with five participants (n=5) while learning effectiveness was assessed by pre- and post-surveys and assessments with 25 participants (n=25). The usability study showed mostly positive feedback, with suggestions for design improvements, such as adjusting font size and color, reducing spacing on the mobile version, and removing unnecessary underlining. The learning effectiveness test indicated participants’ scores improved across all modules, and qualitative data from surveys revealed strong satisfaction and increased knowledge of dental explorers. Taken together, the results suggest the instruction effectively addressed the problem by enhancing students' understanding of dental explorers. Future work could explore ways to refine the course based on usability and attitudinal feedback. Key takeaways include the importance of incorporating both usability testing and learning assessments for optimizing instruction.
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Online Learning, Dental Hygiene, Dentistry, First-year Students
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