DHYG 328 Education Methodologies: Patient Centered Care (1 credit)
Prerequisite Current enrollment in Bachelor of Applied Science in Dental Hygiene program.
Course Description
Emphasis on effective communication with patients as well as co-workers. Students will be given the opportunity to develop their own style of presenting patient education while learning motivation techniques.
Course Content
1. Preventive oral health education
2. Patient education teaching strategies & communication in health
3. Learning theories & objectives
4. Motivational strategies
5. Lesson and Unit Plans
Student Outcomes
1. Evaluate and describe the objectives of health education in preventive, individualized oral health programs.
2. Designate the principle challenges in conducting effective patient oral health education.
3. Identify the seven learning theories and explain how to apply these to various patient-centered motivational techniques.
4. Differentiate the four principles in utilizing appropriate teaching strategies for health instruction and list the criteria for selecting a teaching method for individualized instruction.
5. Explore the pros and cons of various instructional materials and identify the critical design elements necessary in creating good instructional materials.
6. Compare and contrast the differences between clinical or practical instruction versus didactic or knowledge acquisition instruction.
7. Develop individualized patient oral health education curriculum and present educational instruction to a clinic patient during a series of counseling appointments.
8. Develop a education lesson plan(s) by creating a minimum of three psychomotor, three affective and three performance objectives using established taxonomies of learning.
Degree Outcomes
This course is part of the Bachelor of Applied Science in Dental Hygiene Degree. Please refer to the Dental Hygiene Competency Map for detail of the Program Competencies this course addresses. Each competency is identified at a level of skill by the terms Introductory (I), Developing (D), or Competent (C). The map also shows the alignment between each Program Competency and the Pierce College Core Ability(ies). Information Competency: Graduates will be able to seek, find, evaluate and use information and employ information technology to engage in lifelong learning. Effective Communication: Graduates will be able to exchange messages in a variety of contexts using multiple methods. Multiculturalism: Graduates will demonstrate knowledge of diverse ideas, cultures, and experiences, and develop the ability to examine their own attitudes and assumptions in order to understand and work with others who differ from themselves.
Lecture Contact Hours 10
Lab Contact Hours 0
Clinical Contact Hours 0
Total Contact Hours 10
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