A qualitative study on patients’ experience of participating in predoctoral treatment center

Kim, Yonggwan; Kim, Keunho; Kang, Eunhee; Seol, Yang-Jo; Park, Shin-Young; Ihm, Jungjoon

doi:2023.61.6.401

J Korean Dent Assoc > Volume 61(6); 2023 > Article

ORIGINAL ARTICLE

The Journal of The Korean Dental Association 2023;61(6):401-413.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.22974/jkda.2023.61.6.002 Published online May 31, 2023.

치과병원 원내생 진료실을 경험한 환자에 대한 질적 연구

김용관¹

^¹서울대학교 치의학대학원 치의학교육학교실
^²서울대학교 약학대학
^³서울대학교 미래치의학센터
^⁴서울대학교 치의학대학원 치주과학교실
^⁵서울대학교 치학연구소

A qualitative study on patients’ experience of participating in predoctoral treatment center

Yonggwan Kim¹

, Keunho Kim²

, Eunhee Kang³

, Yang-Jo Seol^4,5

, Shin-Young Park^1,5

, Jungjoon Ihm^1,5

¹Department of Dental Education, School of Dentistry, Seoul National University
²College of Pharmacy, Seoul National University
³Center for Future Dentistry, Seoul National University
⁴Department of Periodontology, School of Dentistry, Seoul National University
⁵Dental Research Institute, School of Dentistry, Seoul National University

Correspondence: Shin-Young Park, Tel: 82-2-740-8667, Fax: 82-2- 740-1906,
Email: nalby99@snu.ac.kr
Jungjoon Ihm, Tel: 82-2-880-2343, Fax: 82-2- 882-0228,
Email: ijj127@snu.ac.kr

Received: 27 March 2023 • Revised: 3 April 2023 • Accepted: 12 May 2023

Abstract

Although the predoctoral treatment center is crucial for the training of dentists, they often face the chronic issue of limited patient supply. To address this problem, various measures have been proposed. This study employs grounded theory to examine qualitative data and aims to activate the predoctoral treatment center by targeting patients who have undergone treatment by predoctoral students. Specifically, the study seeks to identify how patients who received treatment by predoc-toral students initially sought treatment, their positive and negative experiences during treatment, and the factors that either hindered or facilitated the predoctoral treatment center. Based on these findings, the study provides implications for revital-izing the predoctoral treatment center and suggests potential areas for future research.

Key Words: the predoctoral treatment center; experience of patients; grounded theory; qualitative research