Knowledge and perception of dental educators regarding relative value units: A pilot study.

IF 1.4 4区医学 Q3 DENTISTRY, ORAL SURGERY & MEDICINE Journal of Dental Education Pub Date : 2024-11-03 DOI:10.1002/jdd.13764

Chaitanya Puranik, Kaci Pickett-Nairne, Ekaterini Antonellou, Grace M De Souza, Namita Khandelwal, Valerie Perrine, Karthikeyan Subramani, Michelle Robinson

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Purpose: The aim of this pilot study was to evaluate the knowledge and perception among dental educators regarding the use of relative value units (RVUs) in medicine, perceived benefits in dentistry, and the relative ranking of the components to define RVUs in dentistry.

Methods: A convenience sample of dental educators participating in the American Dental Education Association's Leadership Institute (2023-2024) cohort was surveyed for their knowledge and perception regarding RVUs. The responses were stratified based on experience with RVUs prior to statistical analyses (α = 0.05).

Results: Twenty-six dental educators from 18 different North American dental schools and nine different dental specialties participated in this pilot study. Although not significant, a higher proportion of dental educators with prior experience perceived RVUs as a valuable tool in dental practice for assigning chair time, developing payment models, and tracking student-resident progress in a clinical course. There was a lack of consensus among dental educators regarding the components for determining dental procedural RVUs.

Conclusion: This pilot study provides limited evidence that prior knowledge of RVUs may be related to its perceived benefits among dental educators, but a broader study design is needed to draw meaningful conclusions and universally acceptable components for determining RVUs in dentistry.

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口腔教育工作者对相对价值单位的认识和看法：试点研究。

目的：本试验性研究旨在评估牙科教育工作者对相对价值单位（RVUs）在医学中的应用、在牙科中的认知益处以及在牙科中定义相对价值单位的各组成部分的相对排序的了解和看法：对参加美国牙科教育协会领导力学院（2023-2024 年）的牙科教育工作者进行了抽样调查，以了解他们对相对价值单位的认识和看法。在进行统计分析（α = 0.05）之前，根据使用 RVUs 的经验对回答进行了分层：来自北美 18 所不同的牙科学院和 9 个不同的牙科专业的 26 名牙科教育工作者参与了此次试点研究。尽管并不显著，但有经验的牙科教育者中，有较高比例的人认为RVUs是牙科实践中分配椅位时间、制定支付模式和跟踪学生在临床课程中的进展的重要工具。牙科教育者对确定牙科程序性RVUs的组成部分缺乏共识：这项试验性研究提供了有限的证据，表明牙科教育者对RVUs的事先了解可能与他们认为RVUs的益处有关，但需要更广泛的研究设计来得出有意义的结论和普遍接受的确定牙科RVUs的组成部分。

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Journal of Dental Education 医学-牙科与口腔外科

CiteScore

3.50

自引率

21.70%

发文量

274

审稿时长

3-8 weeks

期刊介绍： The Journal of Dental Education (JDE) is a peer-reviewed monthly journal that publishes a wide variety of educational and scientific research in dental, allied dental and advanced dental education. Published continuously by the American Dental Education Association since 1936 and internationally recognized as the premier journal for academic dentistry, the JDE publishes articles on such topics as curriculum reform, education research methods, innovative educational and assessment methodologies, faculty development, community-based dental education, student recruitment and admissions, professional and educational ethics, dental education around the world and systematic reviews of educational interest. The JDE is one of the top scholarly journals publishing the most important work in oral health education today; it celebrated its 80th anniversary in 2016.