Developing competencies for the dental care of people with sensory disabilities: A pilot inclusive approach

Year 2020, Volume: 23 Issue: 2, 107 - 115, 30.06.2020

Valerıa Campos Ricardo Cartes-velásquez

https://doi.org/10.7126/cumudj.706518

Cited By: 3

Abstract

Objectives: Different
training programs for healthcare students that have a bio-psychosocial approach
have been reported to have a significant beneficial impact on their education,
attitudes and competencies towards Persons with Disabilities. In Chile,
however, there are no explicit legal obligations to provide healthcare
professionals with the skills required
to offer their services in public or private healthcare facilities to Persons
with Disabilities. Given this situation, a pilot one-semester elective
course for dental students was carried out focusing on people with visual
disabilities and people with hearing disabilities, incorporating Deaf and blind
teachers. The aim of this paper is to
describe the perceptions and results of this pilot course aimed at identifying
and responding to the healthcare needs of people with v a pilot
one-semester elective course for dental students was carried out focusing on
people with visual disabilities and people with hearing disabilities,
incorporating Deaf and blind teachers. isual
or hearing disability.

Materials and
methods: A
multi-strategy 17-week elective course was carried out in the first semester of
Dentistry School with 14 students enrolled. Educational strategies used were
lectures, guided discussion (GD), role-play (RP), standardized patients (SP)
and case method teaching (CM), with the participation of deaf and blind
teachers. Once the program had finished, the students answered a survey
designed with open-ended questions, and GD, RP, SP, CM, attendance and grades
obtained were recorded and analyzed.

Results: Attendance was 82–100%. All students passed the course with the highest
score, and thus were able to define the medical approach needed in cases of
hearing and visual disability, recognize the cultural and linguistic aspects of
people with visual disability and people with hearing disability and learn
their means of communication.

Conclusions: This course was successful in helping the students to identify and
respond to the healthcare needs of people with visual or hearing disability.

Keywords

Sign Language, Braille, students, dental

Supporting Institution

CONICYT FONDEF FONIS + MINSAL / XV CONCURSO DE INVESTIGACIÓN Y DESARROLLO EN SALUD,

Project Number

FONIS 2018 SA18I0116

Thanks

- Marcelo Figueroa & Karen Sáez: Blind teachers - Lorenzo Flores & Katherinne Caorsi: Deaf teachers - Andrea Lozano: Director of SENADIS (National Service for Disability) - Shamyr Castro, Ajdunt Professor Universidade Federal Do Ceará, Brazil

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