Abstract
BACKGROUND/PURPOSE: In Taiwan, a new frontier related to the dental radiology for the medical radiation technologists is under development. This study assessed the participants' learning outcomes after finishing the dental radiology course related to the application of cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT) for the continuing education of the medical radiation technologists in Taiwan. MATERIALS AND METHODS: This study used the questionnaire survey to evaluate the participants' learning outcomes after finishing the dental radiology course for the continuing education of the medical radiation technologists in Taiwan. RESULTS: In this study, 41 participants filled out the questionnaires completely after finishing the dental radiology course. The results showed that most of participants found this course to be helpful in raising their basic knowledge about the dental radiology, their attitude towards the dental radiology, and their interest in further learning of the dental radiology. They were satisfied with the courses. The degree of agreement for each question was high with all the mean scores for each question being between 4.34 and 4.68. The numbers (rates) of respondents who answered as strongly agree were between 19 (46.34 %) and 29 (70.73 %). CONCLUSION: The dental radiology course for the continuing education of the medical radiation technologists has proven to increase the participants' basic knowledge about the dental radiology, and their awareness of the dental radiation protection. Thus, this model can be continuously used for contributing to the ongoing development of this new frontier related to the dental radiology continuing education course for the medical radiation technologists in Taiwan.