期刊名称：Journal of Educational Evaluation for Health Professions
电子版ISSN：1975-5937
出版年度：2017
卷号：14
期号：1
页码：1-10
DOI：10.3352/jeehp.2017.14.11
语种：English
出版社：Korea Health Insurance Licensing Examination Institute
摘要：Purpose:In addition to dental education,a system for the evaluation and management of dental licensing and certification is required to meet the growing societal demand for more competent dentists.In this study,the Delphi technique was used to gather opinions from a variety of professionals on the problems of and remedies for the dental license management system in Korea.Methods:Delphi surveys were conducted from April 2016 to October 2016 in South Korea.A variety of dental professionals were included and catego_x0002_rized into 3 groups according to their expertise as follows:the basic dentistry group,the clinical dentistry group,and the policy group.The Delphi technique was conducted in 3 rounds of e-mail surveys,each with different questions that probed with increasing depth on the dental license management system.In each successive round,the responses were categorized,scored on a Likert scale,and sta?tistically analyzed.Results:After categorizing the results of the first survey and ranking the results of the second survey using the Del?phi technique,regulation by a licensing authority was found to be the most critical issue.This was followed by the license renewal sys?tem,continuing education,a tiered licensure system,improvement of foreign license approval,and utilization of retirees,in decreasing order of importance.The third Delphi survey showed a similar ranking,with regulation by a licensing authority being the major con?cern.Opinions regarding the dental license management system were provided as open-ended responses.The responses of the 3 groups showed statistically significant differences in the scores for the issue of regulation by a licensing authority.After re-grouping into the dentistry group and the policy group,the issue received a significantly higher score in the dentistry group.Conclusion:The quality of dental treatment should be managed to protect patients and dental professionals.For this purpose,the establishment of an indepen?dent license regulation authority along with legislative changes is required.
关键词：Purpose:In addition to dental education,a system for the evaluation and management of dental licensing and certification is required to meet the growing societal demand for more competent dentists.In this study,the Delphi technique was used to gather opinions from a variety of professionals on the problems of and remedies for the dental license management system in Korea.Methods:Delphi surveys were conducted from April 2016 to October 2016 in South Korea.A variety of dental professionals were included and catego_x0002_rized into 3 groups according to their expertise as follows:the basic dentistry group,the clinical dentistry group,and the policy group.The Delphi technique was conducted in 3 rounds of e-mail surveys,each with different questions that probed with increasing depth on the dental license management system.In each successive round,the responses were categorized,scored on a Likert scale,and sta?tistically analyzed.Results:After categorizing the results of the first survey and ranking the results of the second survey using the Del?phi technique,regulation by a licensing authority was found to be the most critical issue.This was followed by the license renewal sys?tem,continuing education,a tiered licensure system,improvement of foreign license approval,and utilization of retirees,in decreasing order of importance.The third Delphi survey showed a similar ranking,with regulation by a licensing authority being the major con?cern.Opinions regarding the dental license management system were provided as open-ended responses.The responses of the 3 groups showed statistically significant differences in the scores for the issue of regulation by a licensing authority.After re-grouping into the dentistry group and the policy group,the issue received a significantly higher score in the dentistry group.Conclusion:The quality of dental treatment should be managed to protect patients and dental professionals.For this purpose,the establishment of an indepen?dent license regulation authority along with legislative changes is required.
