Follow-Up Study of 1989 Dental Hygiene Graduates. Volume XIX, No. 2.

Autor/inn/en	Holt, Marianne; Lucas, John A.
Institution	William Rainey Harper Coll., Palatine, IL. Office of Planning and Research.
Titel	Follow-Up Study of 1989 Dental Hygiene Graduates. Volume XIX, No. 2.
Quelle	(1990), (22 Seiten)Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Quantitative Daten; Allied Health Occupations Education; College Graduates; Community Colleges; Dental Hygienists; Graduate Surveys; Job Satisfaction; Job Search Methods; Job Skills; Outcomes of Education; Participant Satisfaction; Program Evaluation; Questionnaires; Salaries; Student Attitudes; Two Year Colleges; Vocational Education; Vocational Followup + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Hochschulabsolvent; Hochschulabsolventin; Community college; Community College; Labor; Labour; Satisfaction; Arbeit; Zufriedenheit; Arbeitsplatzsuchtheorie; Produktive Fertigkeit; Lernleistung; Schulerfolg; Programme evaluation; Programmevaluation; Fragebogen; Entlohnung; Gehalt; Schülerverhalten; Ausbildung; Berufsbildung
Abstract	In a continuing effort to measure the quality of their Dental Hygiene program, explore the need for changes, and substantiate the program's goals for accreditation standards, a follow-up study was conducted of the 1989 Dental Hygiene program graduates from William Rainey Harper College (WRHC). A survey was mailed to all 29 associate degree graduates, requesting information on their current employment and/or enrollment in school, employment search experience, salary/benefits, job satisfaction, job tasks, the quality of their WRHC preparation for those tasks, and suggestions for improving the WRHC program. Study findings, based on an 86% response rate, included the following: (1) all of the 25 respondents were employed in the dental hygiene field, with 16 working full time; (2) 46% of the respondents were working in a job setting with only one practitioner, while 54% worked with more than one practitioner; (3) respondents' search for employment typically involved 2.5 interviews, with 32% using the local newspaper and 68% using a personal contact; (4) 80% of the graduates were paid on an hourly basis, with a median wage of $16.75 per hour, or approximately $34,000 per year, up 10% from 1988 graduates; (5) 72% of the respondents were very satisfied with their chosen profession; (6) respondents reported being underprepared to perform 5 of the 34 skills for which they were trained, but in all cases the skill was seldom performed; and (7) while only three graduates were currently working toward an advanced degree, 50% declared intentions to do so. Detailed data tables and the survey instrument are included. (GFW)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC