The study of dental hygiene includes learning how to be a health care professional. This module includes the various aspects of professionalism, including the meaning and the types of actions that would be considered professional. The criteria required to make a group of individuals a professional group will be considered. The Code of Ethics will be introduced and evaluated. Various sections of the Dental Hygiene Code of Ethics will be considered from the perspective of the dental hygiene professional, the patient, and the community.
- Explain the relationship between the health care provider and the patient.
- Describe the aspects of a true profession as they apply to dentistry and dental hygiene.
- Identify the traits of a professional dental hygienist.
- Discuss the role of a code of ethics for the health care professions.
- Explain the value to the public of a professional code of ethics.
- Describe how a code of ethics can assist in the professional duty of self-regulation.
Required textbook reading: Beemsterboer, P. (2009). Ethics and Law in Dental Hygiene (2nd ed). W.B. Saunders Company, Chapter 5, pp. 5-21.
- Post to the Greetings and Introductions Discussion Board.
- Complete the Student Contract Quiz.
- Post to the Module 1 Discussion Board.
- Complete the Module 1 Presentation Assignment.