Questions and Answers in Oral Health Education. Chloe Foxhall
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To Pieter Roos and Niel Pienaar for allowing us the opportunity to begin our careers in dentistry. For their love, support, and encouragement, we will be forever thankful.
Acknowledgements
Chloe Foxhall
To my partner, Chas Stephenson, who continues to love and support me throughout all of my personal and professional challenges.
To my parents, family, and friends, for always being there for me with reassurance and continuous support with everything I do, especially my mother who has given her time to read and correct my grammar while writing this book.
A heartfelt thank you to my colleague and friend Anna Lown who has supported me as a tutor and dental nurse and has taken her time to work alongside me on this book. I am truly grateful for the opportunity.
Anna Lown
To my husband Bobie and son Chester, for the love and support which they have given me to be able to help write this book. To my parents and family, for their encouragement throughout my career as a dental nurse and dental tutor, and for always being there for me.
I would also like to thank colleagues and work friends who make dentistry and teaching so enjoyable and gratifying.
Without a doubt, I would like to thank all of the dental practices and students who have used, and continue to use, us at Smiles Dental Training Ltd as their chosen course provider. For putting their trust in us to help them achieve their goals and start or progress in their career in dentistry.
Lastly, thank you to my colleague and friend Chloe, who had a dream about collaborating and writing a book together, and who helped turn that dream into a reality. Whoever would have thought that we would be where we are now! I thank you for everything.
From us both:
Finally, a special thank you to Wiley Blackwell for publishing this book. A dream has been made into a reality to support other dental professionals in oral health education.
About the Authors
Chloe Foxhall
Chloe is a qualified dental nurse and holds postgraduate certificates in Oral Health Education and Radiography as well as a L3 in Education and Training and L4 Internal Quality Assurance. She works as a dental nurse in a general dental practice and as a dental tutor for Smiles Dental Training Ltd. Chloe has written various continuing professional development courses for a range of topics, including safeguarding and mental capacity.
She enjoys shopping, travel, and reading. Chloe likes to take on new challenges by learning about different subjects based around dentistry.
Anna Lown
Anna is a director of her own Company, Smiles Dental Training Ltd, a training company specialising in dental nurse training and education. She holds postgraduate certificates in Oral Health Education and Topical Fluoride Application as well as PTLLS, Certificate in Assessing Vocational Achievement, and L4 IQA certificates in Education. Anna is a registered dental nurse and holds a City and Guilds Licentiateship in Dental Nursing. She works as the director of Smiles Dental Training Ltd and as a dental tutor/assessor.
Anna has written NEBDN training courses as well as CPD courses for other companies. She has also been involved with course development and oral health education for other healthcare sectors.
She enjoys family holidays in the Lake District, hiking, and reading.
Anna welcomes any comments or interest from readers. Please contact her via her website: www.smilesdentaltraining.co.uk
Introduction
This book is designed to be an invaluable revision tool to assist students who are undertaking their Certificate in Oral Health Education and help to prepare them for their upcoming exam.
It provides an outline of the core topics that an oral health educator would be expected to have knowledge and understanding of and should be used as a revision tool alongside lecture notes and textbooks relating to oral health education. This book is intended as a resource to test the level of knowledge and understanding, while giving in‐depth descriptions of the correct answers for each question. It also demonstrates multiple choice questions and extended matching question formats to help preparation for the final exam.
The book contains chapters on areas such as Oral Health Messages, Anatomy and the Oral Mucosa, Sugars, Lesson Preparation, and Communication. The wide range of topics covered will help underpin the knowledge required to be able to successfully pass the oral health education exam. It has been carefully designed to be easy to use through separating each topic into revision sections, which are then divided into question and answer format.
We hope that this book provides guidance and support to you during your studies and we thank you as our readers and students. We wish you all the best in your dental career.
How to use Question and Answers in Oral Health Education
This book has been written based on two styles of questions: multiple choice questions and extended matching questions that are used in the National Examination Board for Dental Nurses (NEBDN) Post Registration Qualification in Oral Health Education exam. Students should read through this section of the book before using it as a revision guide in order to gain the best possible understanding of how the questions are prepared.
This book is designed to aid revision for students wanting to progress their knowledge in oral health education.
Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ)
Multiple choice questions are usually a one‐ or two‐line question that has several possible answers. They usually will provide some subject matter in the first line and the second line will ask the question; sometimes these will be combined. The answers will be written in alphabetical or numerical order and only one answer will be correct. Each question is worth one mark.
All of the questions are written in the same format; therefore, the student will need to have the relevant knowledge to apply to the scenario of the question in order to answer it correctly and score one mark.
During the exam, the student will have a marking sheet on which their answers should be marked in pencil with a single horizontal line through the appropriate square. Only one box should be marked for each question otherwise the computer marking system will reject the student's answer for that question and will leave the student without a mark. The marking system will also reject any question that is marked with a cross (x), a tick (✓), or a circle (◽).
Extended Matching Questions (EMQ)
Extended matching questions are in the same format as the multiple choice questions; however, the student is often given a scenario to provide background information, and then follows the question. There are a minimum of six answers to choose from, usually at least 8, and the same option list is used for at least two questions. Each of the lists of answers are based around