Overview of dental radiation technologists in Taiwan
Background/purpose: In Taiwan, there is no independent licensing system for dental radiation technologists. A licensed medical radiation technologist who engages in dental radiology is the so-called dental radiation technologist. This study explored mainly the profile of dental radiation technologis...
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| author | Feng-Chou Cheng Mu-Hsiung Chen Po-Hsiang Hsu Cheng-Hsueh Chen Ming-Chih Kuo Po-Fang Tsai Chun-Pin Chiang |
| author_facet | Feng-Chou Cheng Mu-Hsiung Chen Po-Hsiang Hsu Cheng-Hsueh Chen Ming-Chih Kuo Po-Fang Tsai Chun-Pin Chiang |
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| description | Background/purpose: In Taiwan, there is no independent licensing system for dental radiation technologists. A licensed medical radiation technologist who engages in dental radiology is the so-called dental radiation technologist. This study explored mainly the profile of dental radiation technologists in Taiwan. Materials and methods: This study used the methods of documentary analysis, dental radiation manpower survey, and the secondary data analysis to find the profile of dental radiation technologists in Taiwan. Results: There were currently 59 dental radiology departments and 101 dental radiation technologists (29 males and 72 females) in 57 hospitals and their branches. Of the 101 dental radiation technologists, 56 worked in the medical centers, 28 in the regional hospitals, and 17 in the district hospitals. More than half of the dental radiation technologists were concentrated in the medical centers (55.45%, 56/101) or the northern region of Taiwan (57.43%, 58/101), especially in the northern medical centers (30.69%, 31/101). Conclusion: In Taiwan, the manpower of dental radiation technologists is insufficient, and dental radiation technologists usually work in the dental departments of the hospitals. A large number of clinic dentists lack dental radiation technologists to assist in dental radiology works and the clinic dentists have to perform the dental radiology works by themselves. Therefore, a dental radiology education system should be established to design innovative dental radiology courses for radiological technology students. This in turn can provide a new practice direction for medical radiation technologists and expand their potential participation in the field of dental radiology. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-8016f71e29704f80803219ea0b9440892022-12-22T03:33:18ZengElsevierJournal of Dental Sciences1991-79022022-10-0117416691676Overview of dental radiation technologists in TaiwanFeng-Chou Cheng0Mu-Hsiung Chen1Po-Hsiang Hsu2Cheng-Hsueh Chen3Ming-Chih Kuo4Po-Fang Tsai5Chun-Pin Chiang6School of Life Science, National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei, Taiwan; Science Education Center, National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei, TaiwanDepartment of Dentistry, National Taiwan University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, TaiwanDepartment of Medical Imaging and Radiological Sciences, Tzu Chi University of Science and Technology, Hualien, TaiwanDepartment of Dentistry, National Taiwan University Hospital Hsin-Chu Branch, Hsinchu, TaiwanDepartment of Medical of Imaging, National Taiwan University Cancer Center, Taipei, TaiwanGraduate Institute of Humanities in Medicine, College of Humanities and Social Sciences, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan; Corresponding author. Graduate Institute of Humanities in Medicine, College of Humanities and Social Sciences, Taipei Medical University, No. 250, Wu-Hsing Street, Taipei, 110, Taiwan.Department of Dentistry, National Taiwan University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan; Graduate Institute of Oral Biology, School of Dentistry, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan; Department of Dentistry, Hualien Tzu Chi Hospital, Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation, Hualien, Taiwan; Corresponding author. Department of Dentistry, Hualien Tzu Chi Hospital, Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation, No. 707, Section 3, Chung-Yang Road, Hualien, 970, Taiwan.Background/purpose: In Taiwan, there is no independent licensing system for dental radiation technologists. A licensed medical radiation technologist who engages in dental radiology is the so-called dental radiation technologist. This study explored mainly the profile of dental radiation technologists in Taiwan. Materials and methods: This study used the methods of documentary analysis, dental radiation manpower survey, and the secondary data analysis to find the profile of dental radiation technologists in Taiwan. Results: There were currently 59 dental radiology departments and 101 dental radiation technologists (29 males and 72 females) in 57 hospitals and their branches. Of the 101 dental radiation technologists, 56 worked in the medical centers, 28 in the regional hospitals, and 17 in the district hospitals. More than half of the dental radiation technologists were concentrated in the medical centers (55.45%, 56/101) or the northern region of Taiwan (57.43%, 58/101), especially in the northern medical centers (30.69%, 31/101). Conclusion: In Taiwan, the manpower of dental radiation technologists is insufficient, and dental radiation technologists usually work in the dental departments of the hospitals. A large number of clinic dentists lack dental radiation technologists to assist in dental radiology works and the clinic dentists have to perform the dental radiology works by themselves. Therefore, a dental radiology education system should be established to design innovative dental radiology courses for radiological technology students. This in turn can provide a new practice direction for medical radiation technologists and expand their potential participation in the field of dental radiology.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1991790222001933Dental radiation technologistsMedical radiation technologistsDental radiologyDentists |
| spellingShingle | Feng-Chou Cheng Mu-Hsiung Chen Po-Hsiang Hsu Cheng-Hsueh Chen Ming-Chih Kuo Po-Fang Tsai Chun-Pin Chiang Overview of dental radiation technologists in Taiwan Journal of Dental Sciences Dental radiation technologists Medical radiation technologists Dental radiology Dentists |
| title | Overview of dental radiation technologists in Taiwan |
| title_full | Overview of dental radiation technologists in Taiwan |
| title_fullStr | Overview of dental radiation technologists in Taiwan |
| title_full_unstemmed | Overview of dental radiation technologists in Taiwan |
| title_short | Overview of dental radiation technologists in Taiwan |
| title_sort | overview of dental radiation technologists in taiwan |
| topic | Dental radiation technologists Medical radiation technologists Dental radiology Dentists |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1991790222001933 |
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