Goals!

I have made some goals for this year of what I want to accomplish! Here they are! These are my goals and how I plan to achieve them mixed with the clinical experiences I will need to have while I am accomplishing them. :) Can't wait to see the end result at the end of the year!

1. Increase speed and accuracy in probing

Action plan: Read, discuss with peers and supervisor/ assistants/ dentist ideas to address this goal. Also look for any opportunity to practice my probing skills.

 

Clinical Experiences: Try new seating positions and fulcrums to increasing my speed and accuracy of hand scaling while maintaining an ergonomically correct posture. Look for new ways and advice to help as well.

 

2. Increase speed and accuracy in hand scaling using more lateral pressure

Action plan: Read, discuss with peers and supervisor/ assistants/ dentist ideas to address this goal. Also look for any opportunity to practice my hand scaling and lateral pressure skills.

 

Clinical Experiences:  Try new seating positions and fulcrums to increasing my speed and accuracy of hand scaling while maintaining an ergonomically correct posture. Look for new ways and advice to help as well.

 

3. Develop treatment plans for clients with disabilities

Action plan: Read, discuss with peers and supervisor/ assistants/ dentist ideas to address this goal. Also look for any opportunity to practice these skills.

 

Clinical Experiences: Develop treatment plans for clients and  try new dental chair positioning techniques. Also, talking to the patient instead of the caregiver while working with a client with a disability.

 

4. Increase my confidence of being a dental hygienist in staff training, patient screening, and referral in a long term care facility.

Action plan: Read, discuss with peers and supervisor/ assistants/ dentist ideas to address this goal. Also look for any opportunity to practice these skills. Help other dental hygiene students around me increase their confidence as well.

 

Clinical experience: Voice my opinion when I know it is correct in clinic or at Midtown Dental. Also, ask questions, to help me know what others would do in specific situations.

 

5. Understanding of the dental needs and methods of providing services for residents in the inner-city Ogden community.

Read, discuss with peers and supervisor/ assistants/ dentist ideas to address this goal. Also look for any opportunity to practice these skills. Help other dental hygiene students around me increase their confidence as well.

 

Clinical experience: Develop treatment plans for clients. Learn some words in Spanish for those patients who do not speak a lot of English.