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Dental Assisting Program Student Assessment
Martha McCaslin, CDA, MAProgram Director
Dona Ana Community College
Program History
• Began 2001 2001 Program Director/Instructor 12 students (Jan – Dec)
2008 - 18 students, Program Director & 9-month faculty 2009 – 2 classes, 24 students (Fall start, May graduation)
• Lab renovated 2001 – 6 chair clinic
• Re-renovated 2006 – 12 chair clinic with DH
Accreditation
• American Dental Association, Commission on Dental Accreditation (CODA) Originally Nationally Accredited 2003
7 year cycle Self Study - 6 standards
• New Mexico Board of Dental Health Recognized Education Provider Status
Student Assessment
• Three semesters of competency assessment FALL
• General chair side & Laboratory Skills - Infection Control/Sterilization– Instrument identification– Model taking, pouring, trimming– Temporary fabrication– Emergency procedures– Radiography– Patient Intake
Student Assessment• Spring Clinical Rotations Begin
- Clinical Evaluations- Community Project- Self Evaluations/Reflections- More general chair side and lab skills
- Bleaching Tray Construction- Jurisprudence- Specialty Instrumentation
Student Assessment
• SummerClinical Rotations Continue - Clinical Evaluations - Self Evaluations - More general chair side and lab skills
- Rubber Dam placement- Office Management
Rubrics
• Writing Assignments– Research papers– Case studies– Critical Thinking/Problem solving – Clinical Journal Entries
• Competencies (handout)• Clinical Practicums Expected Outcomes/ Evaluations
(handout)• Online Participation (handout)