A Follow-up Survey of the Teaching of Conscious Sedation in Dental Schools of the United Kingdom and Ireland

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A Follow-up Survey of the Teaching of Conscious Sedation in Dental Schools of the United Kingdom and Ireland
Anesthesia Progress
Volume 53, Issue 2 (Summer 2006)

J. Leitch, BDS, FDS, DDS, S. Jauhar, BDS, MFDS
Department of Sedation, Glasgow Dental Hospital and School, Glasgow, United Kingdom

The purpose of this follow-up study was to assess and compare the quantity and quality of dental undergraduate teaching in conscious sedation with comparisons to a previous study conducted in 1998. Questionnaires were designed to collect information about undergraduate sedation education from teaching staff and final-year dental undergraduates at the 15 dental schools in the United Kingdom and Ireland. Staff responses from 9 schools (60%) and student responses from 11 schools (73%) were received. From the students' responses, the mean (range) number of cases observed in inhalational sedation was 7 (0Ò17) and the mean (range) number performed in inhalational sedation was 4 (0Ò8). The mean (range) number of cases observed in intravenous sedation was 9 (2Ò19), and the mean (range) number performed was 5 (0Ò8). There has been an increase in didactic teaching. There has been a decrease in the observing of inhalational cases, but an increase in the hands-on performance of this type of sedation. There is an increase in the hands-on teaching of intravenous sedation.

Keywords: Sedation, Education, Dentistry

Received: June 21, 2005; Accepted: March 22, 2006

DOI: 10.2344/0003-3006(2006)53[43:AFSOTT]2.0.CO;2

Address correspondence to Dr Jason Leitch, Department of Sedation, Glasgow Dental Hospital and School, 378 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow G2 3JZ, United Kingdom; leitch@bigfoot.com.

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