Title of article :
dental care provision in private clinics: an introductory explanation for dental manpower estimation and dentistry educational needs assessment
Author/Authors :
shariati, b tehran university of medical sciences - faculty of medicine - community medicine department, ايران , farzadi, f iranian institute for health sciences research - health services management department, ايران , hosseini toudashki, h tehran university of medical sciences - faculty of dentistry, ايران , oral, surgeon tehran university of medical sciences - faculty of dentistry, ايران , pileroudi, s. ministry of health and medical education - health network expansion unit, ايران
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 to determine 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.
Keywords :
workforce , dental services , dental care , delivery time , educational needs assessment
Journal title :
Journal of Medical Education
Journal title :
Journal of Medical Education
