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To
provide Kalamazoo Valley Community College Dental Hygiene
Program students with optimal educational and clinical
experiences, ethical standards, and problem solving skills
that will prepare them to become professional hygienists
in an evolving health care environment requiring adaptation
to changing technologies, populations, and oral health
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Dental
Hygiene Department Program Goals
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To
provide a broad-based education for dental hygiene students
that will enable them to practice effectively in a variety
of settings and/or extend their education.
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To
provide theory and practical experience in the assessment
of oral abnormalities.
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To
provide dental hygiene students with the theory and practice
of patient education technologies, modalities, and strategies
that will enable them to motivate clients to maintain and
enhance their oral health.
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To
continually evaluate and procure updated modalities for
the dental hygiene clinic to ensure that availability of
state of the art equipment and technologies for practicum
experiences.
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To provide professional development for
the dental hygiene faculty to improve their quality of instruction and for oral health care professionals to improve
job performance and career advancement.
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To
continually evaluate and improve a marketing strategy that
will ensure full enrollment in the KVCC Dental Hygiene Program
and contribute to increasing numbers of practicing professional
dental hygienists.
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To
define multi-cultural competency as a quality indicator
of professional practice through which an understanding
of culture and its relationship to health improves the outcome
of oral health intervention for a broader range of people.
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