Usefulness of Dental Hygiene Education Curriculum in the Public Oral Health Service Performance in Korea

한국의 보건소 근무 치과위생사의 공중구강보건사업 수행업무실태와 대학교육간의 연관성

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the usefulness of dental hygiene education curriculum such as oral prophylaxis, preventive dentistry, public oral health, oral health statistics, oral health education in the public oral health service performance. Questionnaire survey was posed to 96 dental hygienists working in health centers and health sub-centers. The relativity among frequency of task, usefulness, importance, and reinforcement of the education curriculum in the health centers, and the effect of current dental hygiene education curriculum on public oral health service were studied. The results were follows; 1. Sealant was performed the most frequently in the health centers and health sub-centers, and it was also the most useful content in the education curriculum. And the tooth brushing method was considered the most important in the curriculum. Therefore, oral health education was considered as factor which required the most reinforcement. However, the issues of school water fluoridation and water fluoridation in the public oral health were barely brought up as a matter of subject. 2. In the relationship between the frequency of task and the usefulness of curriculum, it showed that the more frequency of task was more useful. In the relationship between importance and reinforcements of curriculum, it showed that the more importance of the education curriculum requires more reinforcement. And more frequently performed task should be more strengthened. 3. According to the education course hours, current education curriculum course hours were 532.4 hours, which is 42.9 hours more spent than the original curriculum guideline. Lecture hours were 205.4 hours, which is 50.6 hours less, and the practice hours were 327 hours, which is 93.5 hours more than the original curriculum guideline. 4. Because of the insufficient course hours of curriculum compared to the frequency of the task, the oral health education, oral prophylaxis, and preventive dentistry should be reinforced more than now. But the oral health statistics and public oral health curriculum were not only emphasized, but also any reinforced compared to other tasks.

본 연구에서는 현행 치위생과 구강보건관리 영역 교육과정이 보건(지)소 업무 수행에 미치는 활용도를 알아보고자 하였다. 이에 치위생과 31개 대학의 구강보건관리 영역 교과목의 시간 수를 조사 분석하고, 보건(지)소에 근무하는 치과위생사 96명을 대상으로 보건소에서 구강보건교육학 및 실습, 치면세마론 및 예방치과학 실습, 공중구강보건학 실습 및 구강보건통계학 영역의 업무빈도, 교육내용의 유용성, 중요성, 강화성에 관한 설문조사를 실시하여 치위생과의 교육과정과 보건(지)소 업무 사이의 연관성을 분석하여 다음과 같은 결과를 얻었다. 1. 치위생과 교과목 관련 보건(지)소 업무로는 치면열구전색이 주 1회 이상 가장 많이 실시하고, 교육내용이 매우 유용한 것으로도 치면열구전색이라고 가장 많이 응답하였다. 매우 중요한 교육내용은 대상자별 잇솔질법, 교육내용이 더욱 강화되어야 한다고 생각하는 항목으로는 대상자별 구강보건교육이라고 가장 많이 응답하였다. 2. 업무빈도와 교육내용의 유용성과의 연관성에서, 업무빈도가 가장 높은 치면열구전색이 교육내용 중에서 가장 유용한 것으로 나타났고, 교육내용이 중요한 대상자별 잇솔질교육, 치면열구전색, 대상자별 구강보건관리는 더욱 강화되어야 한다고 나타났다. 또한 업무빈도가 높은 업무일수록 더욱 강화되어야 한다고 나타났다. 3. 구강보건교육학 및 실습 영역은 업무빈도에 비해 교육 학습시간수가 적으므로 더욱 강화되어야하고, 치면세마론 및 예방치과학 실습은 불소도포, 치면열구전색, 대상자별 구강건강관리 또한 학습시간수의 부족으로 더욱 강화되어야 한다고 나타났다.