NCT00846066

Oral Health Training Program for Pediatric Residents

Effective Educational Instruction in Preventive Oral Health: Hands On Training (HOT)Versus Web Based Training (WBT): A Randomized Control Trial

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 56 (actual)
• Sponsor: Children's Mercy Hospital Kansas City · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 22 Years – 50 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study was to compare the effect of the addition of hands on training by a pediatric dentist on the pediatric residents skills, confidence, opinions and practice related to preventive oral health.

Detailed description

Objectives: To compare the addition of Hands on Training (HOT) to Web Based Training (WBT)on residents' skills, confidence, opinions and practice . Methods: Pediatric residents participated in WBT on preventive oral health. Then the WBT subjects were randomly assigned to receive HOT by a dentist, or WBT alone. All subjects were assessed on skills in the performance of an oral exam, by direct observation. Residents' confidence regarding oral health counseling, and their opinions about the importance of the incorporation of oral health into the well child visit, was measured by surveys utilizing a Likert scale. Residents' change in practice was assessed by a retrospective chart audit.

Conditions

• Preventive Oral Health

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Hands on training	Hands on training by a pediatric dentist on preventive oral health
OTHER	Web based training	Web based training alone

Timeline

• Start date: 2007-01-01
• Primary completion: 2008-09-01
• Completion: 2008-09-01
• First posted: 2009-02-18
• Last updated: 2015-08-14
• Results posted: 2009-10-22

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States