title: Development and evaluation of a multimedia resource pack for oral health training of medical and nursing staff.
abstract: A resource pack has been devised for training medical and nursing staff and other carers in order that they may recognize oral disease and carry out routine oral care and treat common oral disorders. The custom-designed folding pack contains a videotape, a CD-ROM disc, and an A5-sized spiral-bound booklet, together with wall posters and a list of useful addresses. One hundred of the packs were distributed across Scotland to medical, nursing, and dental staff involved in postgraduate medical and nursing education. The packs were independently evaluated by an external organization through a questionnaire and also by telephone interviews. The pack received very positive responses, and 35% of the respondents reported making changes to their current practice. A long-term measure of success, beyond the scope of this paper, will depend on the measurement of improved quality of oral health care of the patients in those institutions where the pack has been used in training.
authors.affiliation: University of Glasgow Dental School, Level 9, 378 Sauchiehall St., Glasgow G2 3JZ, UK.
authors.forename: M P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Sweeney
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bagg
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Kirkland
authors.forename: T A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Farmer
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D001877:Books; D016251:CD-ROM; D003797:Dental Staff / Q000193:education; D006267:Health Education, Dental; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D008503:Medical Staff / Q000193:education*; D009059:Mouth Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D019212:Multimedia; D009740:Nursing Staff / Q000193:education*; D009909:Oral Health; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D012606:Scotland; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013664:Teaching Materials; D014743:Videotape Recording