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)