The dental radiology course design related to the application of the cone-beam computed tomography for the continuing education of the medical radiation technologists in Taiwan

Feng-Chou Cheng; Mu-Hsiung Chen; Chih-Kai Huang; Yu-Wen Wang; Chun-Chao Chuang; Chun-Pin Chiang

doi:10.1016/j.jds.2024.11.032

Journal of Dental Sciences (Apr 2025)

The dental radiology course design related to the application of the cone-beam computed tomography for the continuing education of the medical radiation technologists in Taiwan

Feng-Chou Cheng,
Mu-Hsiung Chen,
Chih-Kai Huang,
Yu-Wen Wang,
Chun-Chao Chuang,
Chun-Pin Chiang

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Feng-Chou Cheng: Chia-Te Dental Clinic, New Taipei City, Taiwan; School of Life Science, College of Science, National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei, Taiwan; Science Education Center, National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei, Taiwan
Mu-Hsiung Chen: Department of Dentistry, National Taiwan University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
Chih-Kai Huang: Department of Medical Imaging, National Taiwan University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
Yu-Wen Wang: Department of Medical Imaging, National Taiwan University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
Chun-Chao Chuang: Department of Medical Imaging and Radiological Sciences, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan; Department of Medical Imaging, Chung Shan Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan; Corresponding author. Department of Medical Imaging and Radiological Sciences, College of Medical Science and Technology, Chung Shan Medical University, No. 110, Section 1, Jianguo North Road, Taichung City, 402, Taiwan.
Chun-Pin Chiang: Department of Dentistry, National Taiwan University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan; Graduate Institute of Oral Biology, School of Dentistry, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan; Department of Dentistry, Hualien Tzu Chi Hospital, Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation, Hualien, Taiwan; Institute of Oral Medicine and Materials, College of Medicine, Tzu Chi University, Hualien, Taiwan; Corresponding author. Department of Dentistry, Hualien Tzu Chi Hospital, Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation, and Institute of Oral Medicine and Materials, College of Medicine, Tzu Chi University, No. 707, Section 3, Chung-Yang Road, Hualien 970, Taiwan.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jds.2024.11.032
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 20, no. 2
pp. 1027 – 1034

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Background/purpose: In Taiwan, a new frontier related to the dental radiology for the medical radiation technologists is under development. This study assessed the participants’ learning outcomes after finishing the dental radiology course related to the application of cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT) for the continuing education of the medical radiation technologists in Taiwan. Materials and methods: This study used the questionnaire survey to evaluate the participants’ learning outcomes after finishing the dental radiology course for the continuing education of the medical radiation technologists in Taiwan. Results: In this study, 41 participants filled out the questionnaires completely after finishing the dental radiology course. The results showed that most of participants found this course to be helpful in raising their basic knowledge about the dental radiology, their attitude towards the dental radiology, and their interest in further learning of the dental radiology. They were satisfied with the courses. The degree of agreement for each question was high with all the mean scores for each question being between 4.34 and 4.68. The numbers (rates) of respondents who answered as strongly agree were between 19 (46.34 %) and 29 (70.73 %). Conclusion: The dental radiology course for the continuing education of the medical radiation technologists has proven to increase the participants’ basic knowledge about the dental radiology, and their awareness of the dental radiation protection. Thus, this model can be continuously used for contributing to the ongoing development of this new frontier related to the dental radiology continuing education course for the medical radiation technologists in Taiwan.

Published in Journal of Dental Sciences

ISSN: 1991-7902 (Print)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: Netherlands
LCC subjects: Medicine: Dentistry
Website: https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/journal-of-dental-sciences

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