SCANS Matrix
Program: Dental Hygiene
CIP: 51.0606
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LIST ALL COURSES REQUIRED AND IDENTIFIED COMPETENCIES
Competencies
Course
Number
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BIOL 2401
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BIOL 2402
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BIOL 2420
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ENGL 1301
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SPCH 1315, or
1318 or 1321
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SOCI 1301
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PSYC 2301
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HUMA
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DHYG 1223
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DHYG 1227
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DHYG 1235
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DHYG 1261
DHYG 1271
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DHYG 1301
Course Title
Anatomy & Physiology 1
Anatomy & Physiology 2
Microbiology
English Composition
Intro to Speech
Intro to Sociology
Intro to General Psychology
Humanities
Dental Hygiene Practice
Preventative DH Care
Pharmacology for the Dental
Hygienist
Clinical DH 1
Service Learning for Local
Needs
Oral-Facial Anatomy,
Histology, Embryology
Dental Radiology
General & Dental Nutrition
Periodontology
Community Dentistry
Dental Materials
General & Oral Pathology
Pre-Clinical Dental Hygiene
Contemporary DH Care 1
Contemporary DH Care 2
Clinical DH 2
Clinical DH 3
DHYG 1304
DHYG 1307
DHYG 1311
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DHYG 1315
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DHYG 1319
DHYG 1339
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DHYG 1431
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DHYG 2201
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DHYG 2231
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DHYG 2362
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DHYG 2363
COMPETENCY REFERENCES
8 Basic use of computers
7 Workplace Competencies: resources; interpersonal skills;
information; systems; and technology.
6 Personal Qualities: A worker must display responsibility, self-esteem,
sociability, self-management, integrity, and honesty.
5 Thinking Skills: A worker must think creatively, make decisions, solve problems,
visualize, know how to learn, and reason effectively.
4 Speaking and Listening: Organize ideas and communicate orally; receive, attend to,
interpret, and respond to verbal messages and other cues.
3 Arithmetic or Mathematics: Perform basic computations and approach practical problems by
choosing appropriately from a variety of mathematical techniques.
2 Writing: Communicate thoughts, ideas, information, and messages in writing, and create documents such as
letters, directions, manuals, reports, graphs, and flow charts.
1 Reading: Locate, understand, and interpret written information in prose and in documents such as manuals, graphs,
and schedules.
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SCANS Matrix & Competencies
Revised June 2009
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SCANS Competencies Checklist
SCANS COMPETENCIES FOR PROGRAM 2011-2012
Competency
1 READING: Locate,
understand, and interpret
written information in prose
and in documents such as
manuals, graphs, and
schedules.
Method of Assessment
Findings and Plans for
Course where Competency is Assessed
Improvement
DHYG 1223,1227,1235,
Written Examinations
Students passed the
1301,1304,1307
major written
1311,1315,1319,1339,1431,2201,2231,
examinations but are
2362, 2363, 1261
reluctant to read
assignments. Pop test
over reading assignments
will be continued.
DHYG 1271
Project Development
100% of students passed
the projects in DHYG
1271
DHYG 1261, 2362, 2363
Daily clinical grades &
Clinical Competencies
2 WRITING: Communicate
DHYG 1223,1227, 1271, 1304,
thoughts, ideas, information, 1315, 1431,2201,2231,
and messages in writing, and
create documents such as
DHYG 2362, 2363, 1261
letters, directions, manuals,
reports, graphs, and flow
charts.
Written exams and lab
exercises
3 ARITHMETIC OR
DHYG 1235, 1304,1307,1315,1319,
MATHEMATICS: Perform
1431,2202,2231
basic computations and
approach practical problems DHYG 1261,2362, 2363
by choosing appropriately
from a variety of mathematical
techniques.
4 SPEAKING AND
DHYG 1223,1227,1235,
LISTENING: Organize ideas 1271,1301,1304,1307
and communicate orally;
1311,1315,1319,1339,1431,2201,2231,
receive, attend to, interpret,
and respond to verbal
messages and other cues.
Written Exams and
assignments
DHYG 2362, 2363, 1261
Clinical grades and
competencies
Clinical grades and
competencies
Written Exams, daily
assignments
Students passed written
exams and assignments
yet some continue to have
problems following spoken
instructions. Reading
Syllabi will be encouraged
and clinical instructors will
prepare written reminders
for clinical issues.
Daily clinical grades and
competency exams
Students communicated
effectively during patient
treatment as evident by
passing competency
exam
Students passed major
exams as well as a 100%
pass rate on the NDHBE
5 THINKING SKILLS: A
DHYG 1223,1227,1235,
Written Exams, daily
worker must think creatively, 1271,1301,1304,1307
assignments
make decisions, solve
1311,1315,1319,1339,1431,2201,2231
problems, visualize, know
how to learn, and reason
DHYG 2362, 2363, 1261
effectively.
Daily clinical grades and
competency exams
SCANS Matrix & Competencies
Revised June 2009
Students need additional
encouragement to prepare
for clinical courses by
reading. Additional
emphasis will be place on
this preparation and the
effect it has on the grade
Students were over all
successful in written
communication
assignments. The
program will continue
efforts to promote
professional
communications.
Students mastered the
basic computations
required in the didactic
courses as evident by the
100% National Board
Exam pass rate.
Students passed clinical
courses and 100% pass
rate on the WREB clinical
exam
6 PERSONAL QUALITIES: A DHYG 1223,1227,1235,
Written Exams, daily
worker must display
1271,1301,1304,1307
assignments
responsibility, self-esteem,
1311,1315,1319,1339,1431,2201,2231,
sociability, self-management,
integrity, and honesty.
DHYG 2362, 2363, 1261
7 WORKPLACE
DHYG 1223,1227,1235,
COMPETENCIES: resources 1271,1301,1304
;interpersonal skills;
1315,1319, 14331,2201,2231,
information; systems; and
technology
8 BASIC USE OF
COMPUTERS
SCANS Matrix & Competencies
Revised June 2009
Daily clinical grades and
competency exams
Written Exams, daily
assignments, lab
assignments
DHYG 2362, 2363, 1261
Daily clinical grades and
competency exams
DHYG 1223,1227, 1271, 1304,
1315,1431,2201,2231,
Daily Assignments
DHYG 2362, 2363, 1261
Daily clinical grades and
competency exams
Students took
responsibility for learning
as evident by passing
exam and completing
assignments.
Faculty will continue to
monitor students’ personal
qualities and stress the
interaction of these
qualities with the
professionalism qualities
required of a RDH
Students passed exams
and assignments.
Remodeling of the DH
clinic will provide
additional access to
increased technology as
new equipment is
incorporated into the
curriculum
Students successfully
completed assignments
using computers
Incorporation of dental
software has increased
the students’ use of
computers. This use will
continue as we move to a
record system that
minimizes paper usage.