Effectiveness of Interprofessional Mentoring Competence Education for Dental Health Care Professionals

Summary

Clinical practice is an integral part of dental and dental hygiene students' education. The curriculum for a degree is guided by best academic practices for European undergraduate dental education, published by the Association for Dental Education in Europé (ADEE), and the dental hygienist education is based on a European qualifications framework. Interprofessional education has been recognized as a means to improve oral health professional training due to the linked form of education with improved health outcomes.

The interprofessional mentoring education is needed for the clinical practice, which has to be implemented in interprofessional teams. Clinical practice mentors need to have completed an interprofessional mentoring education. Different types of educational approaches have been previously affecting mentors' competence development in mentoring. Dental and dental hygiene students can experience team-based, interprofessional education by participating in clinical practice sessions offered in a communal learning environment. Traditional lectures can be transformed into modern, enhanced learning experiences that correspond to the new generation of students. Online learning methods are increasingly being incorporated into dental health care education. Online learning is designed to be able to support learners with technology supporting and facilitating student learning. Those methods can be used in dental health care continuous education.

This study is designed to evaluate educational intervention's effectiveness of inter-professional mentoring education on mentors' competence development of dentists and dental hygienists mentors.

Conditions

• Competence

Interventions

OTHER

Blended learning approach to mentoring education for dental health care professionals

The participants in the intervention group are dentists´ and dental hygienists´. The mentoring education for dental health care professionals (3 ECTS credits) will be organized by the program leader in Dentistry at the place-blinded. The aim of the mentoring education is to build understanding of how to support a student's professional development (both basic education and specialization) and transfer skills that are relevant to working as an independent expert in oral health care.

OTHER

The interprofessional online mentoring education

The participants in the intervention group are dentists´ and dental hygienists´. The interprofessional online mentoring education (3 ECTS credits) will be organized in collaboration with the Finnish Dental Association in an online environment. The aim of the intervention is to in-crease mentors' competence in guidance processes and interactions, supporting students´ goal-oriented learning and professional evaluation, and providing constructive feedback.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University of Oulu

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• Kristina Mikkonen, PhD · University of Oulu

• Anna-Leena Keinänen, MHSc · University of Oulu. Oulu University of Applied Sciences

Study Design

Allocation

NON_RANDOMIZED

Purpose

HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH

Masking

DOUBLE

Model

PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age

18 Years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2019-01-14

Primary Completion

2021-10-31

Completion

2021-10-31

Countries

• Finland

Study Locations