Transcript Dental Assisting Program Student Assessment

Dental Assisting Program
Student Assessment
Martha McCaslin, CDA, MA
Program Director
Dona Ana Community College
Program History
• Began 2001
2001 Program Director/Instructor 12 students (Jan – Dec)
2008 - 18 students, Program Director & 9-month faculty
2009 – 2 classes, 24 students (Fall start, May graduation)
• Lab renovated 2001 – 6 chair clinic
• Re-renovated 2006 – 12 chair clinic with DH
Accreditation
• American Dental Association, Commission on Dental
Accreditation (CODA) Originally Nationally Accredited 2003
7 year cycle
Self Study - 6 standards
• New Mexico Board of Dental Health
Recognized Education Provider Status
Student Assessment
• Three semesters of competency assessment
FALL
• General chair side & Laboratory Skills
- Infection Control/Sterilization
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Instrument identification
Model taking, pouring, trimming
Temporary fabrication
Emergency procedures
Radiography
Patient Intake
Student Assessment
• Spring
Clinical Rotations Begin
- Clinical Evaluations
- Community Project
- Self Evaluations/Reflections
- More general chair side and lab skills
- Bleaching Tray Construction
- Jurisprudence
- Specialty Instrumentation
Student Assessment
• Summer
Clinical Rotations Continue
- Clinical Evaluations
- Self Evaluations
- More general chair side and lab skills
- Rubber Dam placement
- Office Management
Rubrics
• Writing Assignments
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Research papers
Case studies
Critical Thinking/Problem solving
Clinical Journal Entries
• Competencies (handout)
• Clinical Practicums Expected Outcomes/ Evaluations
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• Online Participation (handout)