title: The efficacy of video monitoring-supported student self-evaluation of dental explorer skills in dental hygiene education.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The objective of this study was to investigate whether having dental hygiene students monitor video recordings of their dental explorer skills is an effective means of proper self-evaluation in dental hygiene education.
  
  
  METHODS
  The study participants comprised students of a dental hygiene training school who had completed a module on explorer skills using models, and a dental hygiene instructor who was in charge of lessons. Questions regarding 'posture', 'grip', 'finger rest' and 'operation' were set to evaluate explorer skills. Participants rated each item on a two-point scale: 'competent (1)' or 'not competent (0)'. The total score was calculated for each evaluation item in evaluations by students with and without video monitoring, and in evaluations by the instructor with video monitoring. Mean scores for students with and without video monitoring were compared using a t-test, while intraclass correlation coefficients were found by reliability analysis of student and instructor evaluations.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A total of 37 students and one instructor were subject to analysis. The mean score for evaluations with and without video monitoring differed significantly for posture (P < 0.0001), finger rest (P = 0.0006) and operation (P < 0.0001). The intraclass correlation coefficient between students and instructors for evaluations with video monitoring ranged from 0.90 to 0.97 for the four evaluation items.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The results of this study suggested that having students monitor video recordings of their own explorer skills may be an effective means of proper self-evaluation in specialized basic education using models.
authors: Division of Oral Health Sciences, Department of Health Sciences School of Health and Social Services, Saitama Prefectural University, Saitama, Japan.
authors: R
authors: R
authors: Tano
authors: Division of Oral Health Sciences, Department of Health Sciences School of Health and Social Services, Saitama Prefectural University, Saitama, Japan.
authors: S
authors: S
authors: Takaku
authors: Department of Community Dentistry, Nihon University School of Dentistry, Tokyo, Japan.
authors: T
authors: T
authors: Ozaki
mesh_terms: D002983:Clinical Competence; D003479:Curriculum; D003756:Dental Hygienists / Q000193:education*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D008953:Models, Anatomic; D009910:Oral Hygiene; D012647:Self-Assessment; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014741:Video Recording; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: dental explorer; dental hygiene education; dental hygiene students; self-evaluations; video monitoring