Regulate
Our provincial regulatory college.
What is the SDHA?
You demonstrate this through gathering data, identifying strengths, and identifying areas of growth.
What is self reflection?
After passing your board exam, you need this before calling yourself a Dental Hygienist.
What is register with the SDHA?
Represents and supports Canadian Dental Hygienists.
What is the CDHA?
Applies to all areas within our process of care and competencies.
What is ADPIE (Assessment, Diagnosis, Planning, Implementation and Evaluation)?
Care provided by a licenced professional of a regulated health profession
Those activities which promote the advancement of the profession as well as ensure competence.
What is quality assurance?
This is required before you can begin practice as a Dental Hygienist.
What is liability/malpractice insurance?
Develop the blueprint for dental hygiene education in Canada.
What is the Federation of Dental Hygiene Regulatory Authorities (FDHRA)?
A short action statement which describes what the DH must be able to demonstrate in order to be considered competent.
What is a competency?
The ability to assess your abilities and recognize where you could benefit by increasing knowledge and improving skills.
What is self assessment?
Applying the knowledge, skills, values and judgment required to practice effectively in the profession.
What is competence?
Outcome statements to express the essential knowledge, skills and attitudes that all DH students must demonstrate prior to graduation.
What are National Competencies?
Uses this to evaluate students to ensure they meet requirements for practice upon graduation of program.
What is the National Dental Hygiene Certification Board Exam (NDHCBE)
These areas of expertise are continually drawn from, often complementing one another or being applied together.
What are the domains?
The requirements for professional practice that provide a benchmark for safe and competent client care.
What are Practice Standards?
What is proficiency?
The entry to practice competencies and standards for Canadian Dental Hygienists are used as a base for this.
What is our dental hygiene program?
Work to ensure consistent outcomes for all Dh programs and students regardless of province or program.
What is the Commission of Dental Accreditation in Canada (CHAC)?
Details the required behaviours for proficiency and to be assessed, all are required for competence.
What are performance criteria?
Certification, post-secondary education, regulation, accreditation, and the national competencies, are all required for this.
What is dental hygiene practice?
Responsible to ensure the dental hygienist stays competent, current, and lives up to the standards of practice.
Who is "myself"?
According to this concept, students will graduate their DH programs with the average of K3 and S3 among the various domains.
What is Blooms Trajectory?
Amalgamated in 2022 to become the Federation of Dental Hygiene Regulators of Canada (FDHRC).
What is the Federation of Dental Hygiene Regulatory Authorities (FDHRA) and the National Dental Hygiene Certification Board (NDHCB)?
These guidelines allow the educator, learner, employer and regulator to have realistic expectations of knowledge and skill development at different stages.
What are the degrees of mastery (applied using Bloom Trajectory)?