Faculty Calibration

Thinking back to the article, I have mixed feelings of the authors opinion. First of all, I did not realize that we are in danger of not having enough clinical faculty in the near future. I know currently here in the Columbus area we are over populated with hygienist, so that statement was surprising to me. I thought the article was very one sided, in my hygiene experience I did not experience any instructor that wanted to move things quickly. They were very understanding of us being first year students. They took their time in teaching us the appropriate techniques, they not once ever make you feel like we were not fast enough .The instructors did expect more with speed and better techniques in our second year, but that was expected from everyone. I did not agree with the author when she stated it would be a good idea for each instructor to have the same way in teaching calculus detection or the statement that most hygienist are visual learners.There was a point in time when our instructors took a count of how many people learned different ways, and if I remember correctly most of the class raised their hand when " hands on learning" was asked. I would think she would need some research to back up her statement. With the calculus detection she advised that they all use the same technique, posture, pressure and sitting position. I believe that goes against what we just learned, in that everyone learns differently and we may have to modify different techniques in order to help someone learn better. I do feel that the grading aspect of the clinic does need to be more consistent with the faculty. I think that there needs to be a better method for grading that bring the faculty together to think on the same line.