title: Team training at an outreach dental unit.
abstract: A cohort of eighty nine undergraduate dental students worked for one year on two clinics completing a total of 3901 days work. Most of this time (63%) was spent at a site with shared nursing support, but despite this another site with dedicated nursing support produced approximately the same output. Students and nurses preferred working as a team rather than sharing; 98% of the students completed a questionnaire on the role of dental nurses and the majority identified chairside assistance as being the most important contribution to the increased throughput of patients.
authors.affiliation: david.bartlett@kcl.ac.uk
authors.forename: David W
authors.initials: DW
authors.lastname: Bartlett
authors.forename: Mark
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Woolford
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D002982:Clinical Clerkship; D015331:Cohort Studies; D003190:Comprehensive Dental Care / Q000145:classification; D003726:Dental Assistants / Q000193:education*; D003740:Dental Clinics; D003796:Dental Service, Hospital; D004497:Education, Dental; D005260:Female; D017144:Focus Groups; D006767:Hospitals, District; D006769:Hospitals, General; D006801:Humans; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D008297:Male; D010348:Patient Care Team; D013335:Students, Dental; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires