Individual Predoctoral Dental Scientist Fellowship

个人博士前牙科科学家奖学金

• 批准号: 6999035
• 负责人: Gabrielle F CANNICK
• 金额: $ 3.58万
• 依托单位: MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2005
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2005-07-01 至 2009-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/6999035
• 关键词: behavioral /social science research tag; cancer prevention; clinical research; curriculum; data collection methodology /evaluation; dentistry education; diagnosis quality /standard; early diagnosis; education evaluation /planning; focus groups; health behavior; health care personnel performance; health care professional practice; health care service evaluation; health services research tag; mouth neoplasms; neoplasm /cancer diagnosis; neoplasm /cancer education; oral health; patient care management; predoctoral investigator; questionnaires; tobacco abuse education

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): South Carolina (SC) has the highest oral cancer (OC) mortality rate among the fifty states; therefore it is critical that SC dental students be proficient in their OC prevention and detection skills. It is equally important that these skills be utilized with the state's adult population. This proposal addresses several objectives of Healthy People 2010 which aim to reduce oral cancer mortality and increase oral cancer prevention and early detection. Currently, multimedia resources exist for instructing health care providers in these areas. However, few studies have examined the relation between oral cancer education and the oral cancer skills of dental students. The predoctoral fellow proposes a pretest/post-test randomized controlled study to examine the association between multimedia-based training and OC prevention and detection skills among pre-doctoral dental students enrolled at the Medical University of South Carolina. This proposal hypothesizes that multimedia-based training plus standard instruction improves OC skills when compared with only standard instruction in OC prevention and early detection. Thus, the specific aims of this study are to: 1) compare competency in OC prevention and detection between the intervention and control groups; 2) compare changes in OC knowledge, attitudes, and practices between the intervention and control groups; 3) determine and compare the baseline prevalence and cumulative incidence of OC examinations provided by the intervention and control groups; and 4) determine factors related to the current rates of OC examinations in SC. Competency will be determined by an Objective Structured Clinical Examination, and change in competency before and after the intervention will be compared for the intervention and control groups. Measurements of knowledge, attitudes, and practices will be obtained before and after the intervention using self-administered questionnaires. Data abstraction from patient charts will determine prevalence and incidence of OC examinations provided by each group. Secondary data analysis using the 2002 SC BRFSS will determine factors related to the current rates of OC examinations in SC.

描述（由申请人提供）：南卡罗来纳州（SC）是五十个州中口腔癌（OC）死亡率最高的州；因此，SC 牙科学生精通 OC 预防和检测技能至关重要。同样重要的是，这些技能必须在该州的成年人口中得到运用。该提案涉及《2010 年健康人民》的几个目标，旨在降低口腔癌死亡率并加强口腔癌预防和早期发现。目前，多媒体资源可用于指导这些领域的医疗保健提供者。然而，很少有研究探讨口腔癌教育与牙科学生口腔癌技能之间的关系。这位博士前研究员提出了一项前测/后测随机对照研究，以检查南卡罗来纳医科大学就读的博士前牙科学生中基于多媒体的培训与 OC 预防和检测技能之间的关联。该提案假设，与仅使用标准指导进行 OC 预防和早期检测相比，基于多媒体的培训加上标准指导可以提高 OC 技能。因此，本研究的具体目的是：1）比较干预组和对照组在 OC 预防和检测方面的能力； 2）比较干预组和对照组之间OC知识、态度和实践的变化； 3）确定并比较干预组和对照组提供的OC检查的基线患病率和累积发生率； 4) 确定与 SC 当前 OC 考试率相关的因素。能力将通过客观结构化临床考试来确定，并且将比较干预组和对照组在干预前后的能力变化。将使用自填问卷在干预前后获取知识、态度和实践的测量结果。从患者图表中提取的数据将确定每组提供的 OC 检查的患病率和发生率。使用 2002 SC BRFSS 进行的二次数据分析将确定与 SC 当前 OC 考试率相关的因素。