https://doi.org/10.22037/jme.v6i2.762

Dental Care Provision In Private Clinics: An Introductory Explanation For Dental Manpower Estimation And Dentistry Educational Needs Assessment

authors:

avatar B Shariati 1 , * , avatar F Farzadi 2 , avatar H Hosseini Toudashki 3 , avatar S Pileroudi 4

Assistant Professor, Community Medicine Department, Faculty of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences.
Assistant Professor, Health Services Management Department, Iranian Institute for Health Sciences Research.
Assistant Professor, Faculty of Dentistry, Tehran University of Medical Sciences.
Senior Experts, Health Network Expansion Unit, Ministry of Health and Medical Education.
Journal of Medical Education: Vol.6, issue 2; e105153
published online: February 28, 2009
article type: Research Article
received: February 25, 2009
accepted: February 28, 2009

how to cite: Shariati B, Farzadi F, Hosseini Toudashki H, Pileroudi S. Dental Care Provision In Private Clinics: An Introductory Explanation For Dental Manpower Estimation And Dentistry Educational Needs Assessment. J Med Edu. 2005;6(2):e105153. https://doi.org/10.22037/jme.v6i2.762.

Abstract

Background: Having an estimate of needed workforce is necessary for workforce planning. Time and work study is a means to provide basic data in this regard.Purpose: To determine delivery time for common type of dental care, dentists’ working time in Tehran.Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted among the general dentists who work in private clinics in Tehran. 100 dentists were chosen randomly. They filled out a self-administered questionnaire. In order todetermine the time spent on each service by the dentists, the median was calculated as the central index.Results: The list of dental treatments was determined by median time to deliver each of them. The useful working time was 90000 minutes for each dentist during a year.Conclusion: The results of this study can be used in estimating dental workforce and reforming dental educational programs.

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