International Student’s Survival Guide to Clinical Practice
Rönkkö, Taina; Applegate, Katriina (2020-09-23)
International Student’s Survival Guide to Clinical Practice
Rönkkö, Taina
Applegate, Katriina
(23.09.2020)
Julkaisu on tekijänoikeussäännösten alainen. Teosta voi lukea ja tulostaa henkilökohtaista käyttöä varten. Käyttö kaupallisiin tarkoituksiin on kielletty.
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Julkaisun pysyvä osoite on:
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi-fe2020111690541
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi-fe2020111690541
Tiivistelmä
Clinical patient work is an essential part of learning for all dentistry students. However, the beginning of clinical work can be stressful. In addition to learning new skills, students must also learn how the teaching clinic works and what are its customs and practices. To make the transition from pre-clinical studies to clinical studies easier, Piia Uusitalo and Katariina Havukainen wrote a second cycle degree thesis called Kandin selviytymisopas klinikkaan in 2015. It was written only in Finnish with Finnish speaking undergraduates in mind, but there was also demand for a similar guide for exchange students as part of an exchange study reform for dentistry students.
The first part of translation work included interviews with exchange students either when they arrived to Turku or at the end of their exchange period. Interview questions handled everything from their wishes and hopes to experiences and criticism depending on which stage of their exchange period interviews were conducted.
The second part included translation work and modifications that were done according to the wishes, problems and proposals that interviewees had mentioned during interviews.
Lastly, the English guide was updated with instructions for new materials and procedures and Finnish Current Care Guidelines (Käypä hoito) for periodontology. There is also a new step-by-step guide on aseptics in both the teaching clinic and the Oral and Maxillofacial Unit of Turku University Hospital.
This guide will hopefully help exchange students to get accustomed to teaching clinic’s activities faster than before and make their stay at the Institute of Dentistry fruitful and enjoyable.
The first part of translation work included interviews with exchange students either when they arrived to Turku or at the end of their exchange period. Interview questions handled everything from their wishes and hopes to experiences and criticism depending on which stage of their exchange period interviews were conducted.
The second part included translation work and modifications that were done according to the wishes, problems and proposals that interviewees had mentioned during interviews.
Lastly, the English guide was updated with instructions for new materials and procedures and Finnish Current Care Guidelines (Käypä hoito) for periodontology. There is also a new step-by-step guide on aseptics in both the teaching clinic and the Oral and Maxillofacial Unit of Turku University Hospital.
This guide will hopefully help exchange students to get accustomed to teaching clinic’s activities faster than before and make their stay at the Institute of Dentistry fruitful and enjoyable.