EVALUATION OF A CONTINUING EDUCATION DENTAL RADIOLOGY COURSE FOR MEDICAL RADIATION TECHNOLOGISTS IN TAIWAN: ENHANCING KNOWLEDGE AND RADIATION PROTECTION AWARENESS
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Dental radiology, Dental radiography, Radiation protection, medical radiation technologist continuing education, medical radiation technologist
Abstract
The education curriculum for medical radiation in Taiwan fails to include dental radiology as a subject. A study investigated the educational achievements of individuals who finished a dental radiology course that was developed for continuing education of medical radiation technologists. The questionnaire served as the research instrument to evaluate these outcomes after participants finished the course. The study received responses from all 85 participants who took part in the survey. Most participants confirmed that dental radiology instruction remains scarce throughout academic institutions and professional upgrading programs designed for medical radiation technologists. A majority of participants maintained that the course helped them learn dental radiology basics better while making dental radiology more appealing to them and driving them to take more trainings in this field. The participants consistently demonstrated positive views about the course. The participant response agreement on individual survey questions reached notably high levels based on the recorded average scores varying from 3.87 to 4.61 points. The survey data showed that 58 participants (68.24% of respondents) through to 84 participants (98.82%) marked agreement. All participants demonstrated improved core knowledge and increased levels of radiation safety understanding for dental imaging following completion of the dental radiology course. The educational model demonstrates strong potential for wider use in continuing education programs for medical radiation technologists operating throughout Taiwan
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Dr. Koukutla Sri Venkat Reddy
Assistant Professor, Department of Radiology, Sri Lakshmi Narayana Institute of Medical Sciences & Hospital, Osudu, Puducherry - 605502