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Article: Attitude and awareness of medical and dental students towards collaboration between medical and dental practice in Hong Kong
Title | Attitude and awareness of medical and dental students towards collaboration between medical and dental practice in Hong Kong |
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Keywords | Attitude Awareness Medical-dental collaboration |
Issue Date | 2015 |
Publisher | BioMed Central Ltd. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.biomedcentral.com/bmcoralhealth/ |
Citation | BMC Oral Health, 2015, v. 15, article no. 53 How to Cite? |
Abstract | Background: Medical-dental collaboration is essential for improving resource efficiency and standards of care. However, few studies have been conducted on it. This study aimed to investigate the attitude and awareness of medical and dental students about collaboration between medical and dental practices in Hong Kong.
Methods: All medical and dental students in Hong Kong were invited to complete a questionnaire survey at their universities, hospitals and residential halls. It contained 8 questions designed to elicit their attitudes about the collaboration between medical and dental practice. Students were also asked about their awareness of the collaboration between dentistry and medicine. The questionnaires were directly distributed to medical and dental students. The finished questionnaires were immediately collected by research assistants on site.
Results: A total of 1,857 questionnaires were distributed and 809 (44%) were returned. Their mean attitude score (SD) towards medical-dental collaboration was 6.37 (1.44). Most students (77%) were aware of the collaboration between medical and dental practice in Hong Kong. They considered that Ear, Nose & Throat, General Surgery and Family Medicine were the 3 most common medical disciplines which entailed collaboration between medical and dental practice.
Conclusion: In this study, the medical and dental students in general demonstrated a good attitude and awareness of the collaboration between medical and dental practice in Hong Kong. This established an essential foundation for fostering medical-dental collaboration, which is vital to improving resource efficiency and standards of care. |
Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/209778 |
ISSN | 2023 Impact Factor: 2.6 2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 0.737 |
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dc.contributor.author | Zhang, S | - |
dc.contributor.author | Lo, ECM | - |
dc.contributor.author | Chu, CH | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2015-05-18T03:21:55Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2015-05-18T03:21:55Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2015 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | BMC Oral Health, 2015, v. 15, article no. 53 | - |
dc.identifier.issn | 1472-6831 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/209778 | - |
dc.description.abstract | Background: Medical-dental collaboration is essential for improving resource efficiency and standards of care. However, few studies have been conducted on it. This study aimed to investigate the attitude and awareness of medical and dental students about collaboration between medical and dental practices in Hong Kong. Methods: All medical and dental students in Hong Kong were invited to complete a questionnaire survey at their universities, hospitals and residential halls. It contained 8 questions designed to elicit their attitudes about the collaboration between medical and dental practice. Students were also asked about their awareness of the collaboration between dentistry and medicine. The questionnaires were directly distributed to medical and dental students. The finished questionnaires were immediately collected by research assistants on site. Results: A total of 1,857 questionnaires were distributed and 809 (44%) were returned. Their mean attitude score (SD) towards medical-dental collaboration was 6.37 (1.44). Most students (77%) were aware of the collaboration between medical and dental practice in Hong Kong. They considered that Ear, Nose & Throat, General Surgery and Family Medicine were the 3 most common medical disciplines which entailed collaboration between medical and dental practice. Conclusion: In this study, the medical and dental students in general demonstrated a good attitude and awareness of the collaboration between medical and dental practice in Hong Kong. This established an essential foundation for fostering medical-dental collaboration, which is vital to improving resource efficiency and standards of care. | - |
dc.language | eng | - |
dc.publisher | BioMed Central Ltd. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.biomedcentral.com/bmcoralhealth/ | - |
dc.relation.ispartof | BMC Oral Health | - |
dc.rights | BMC Oral Health. Copyright © BioMed Central Ltd. | - |
dc.rights | This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. | - |
dc.subject | Attitude | - |
dc.subject | Awareness | - |
dc.subject | Medical-dental collaboration | - |
dc.title | Attitude and awareness of medical and dental students towards collaboration between medical and dental practice in Hong Kong | - |
dc.type | Article | - |
dc.identifier.email | Lo, ECM: edward-lo@hku.hk | - |
dc.identifier.email | Chu, CH: chchu@hku.hk | - |
dc.identifier.authority | Lo, ECM=rp00015 | - |
dc.identifier.authority | Chu, CH=rp00022 | - |
dc.description.nature | published_or_final_version | - |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1186/s12903-015-0038-2 | - |
dc.identifier.pmid | 25929433 | - |
dc.identifier.pmcid | PMC4426176 | - |
dc.identifier.scopus | eid_2-s2.0-85019208833 | - |
dc.identifier.hkuros | 243327 | - |
dc.identifier.volume | 15 | - |
dc.identifier.spage | article no. 53 | - |
dc.identifier.epage | article no. 53 | - |
dc.identifier.eissn | 1472-6831 | - |
dc.identifier.isi | WOS:000354080100001 | - |
dc.publisher.place | United Kingdom | - |
dc.identifier.issnl | 1472-6831 | - |