Responses to questions about familiarity with PA 161 and sources of information about it
| Item | Dental Students N=160 | Dental Hygiene Students N=206 | Dental Faculty N=30 | Dental Hygiene Faculty N=54 | Dental Hygienists N=95 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Are you familiar with PA 161? % Yes | 33% | 66% | 57% | 94% | 92%** |
| I heard about it during/through: | |||||
| Dental/dental hygiene education | 45% | 82% | 22% | 30% | 25%** |
| Professional association | 19% | 33% | 65% | 73% | 47%** |
| CE course | n/a | n/a | 29% | 35% | 71%** |
| Colleagues | 23% | 23% | 62% | 64% | 24%** |
| Media | 5% | 11% | 9% | 6% | 89%** |
| Other ways | 15% | 18% | 4% | 23% | 37%* |
| Did you hear in: | |||||
| Formal presentation by instructor | 32% | 68% | 13% | 47% | 33%** |
| Formal presentation by guest speaker | 21% | 56% | 25% | 54% | 42%** |
| Informally through my instructors | 17% | 44% | 16% | 44% | 22%** |
| Informally through classmates/other peers | 21% | 30% | 16% | 52% | 53%** |
| Another way | 9% | 14% | 38% | 33% | 65%** |
| In which program? | |||||
| Predoctoral dental program | n/a | n/a | 33% | 0 | 0** |
| Dental hygiene program | n/a | n/a | 50% | 94% | 15%** |
| Graduate program | n/a | n/a | 67% | 0 | 6%** |