Table 3.
The numbers (proportions) of the three different levels of qualified teaching hospitals (including their branches) with dental radiology departments which offered a certain training item in Taiwan in 2022.
| Hospital level | Numbers and proportions of a certain training item offered by the three different levels of qualified teaching hospitals |
Number of hospitals | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Item A | Item B | Item C | Item D | Item E | Item F | Item G | ||
| Medical center | 15 (83.33%) | 15 (83.33%) | 9 (50%) | 15 (83.33%) | 5 (27.78%) | 18 (100%) | 12 (66.67%) | 18 |
| Regional hospital | 17 (85%) | 13 (65%) | 10 (50%) | 12 (60%) | 2 (10%) | 18 (90%) | 6 (30%) | 20 |
| District hospital | 2 (100%) | 1 (50%) | 2 (100%) | 1 (50%) | 1 (50%) | 2 (100%) | 1 (50%) | 2 |
| Overall | 34 (85%) | 29 (72.5%) | 21 (52.5%) | 28 (70%) | 8 (20%) | 38 (95%) | 19 (47.5%) | 40 |
Item A: Exercise for full-mouth periapical radiograph mounting.
Item B: Assembly exercise for indicator device of paralleling technique.
Item C: Exercise for holder (Snap-A-Ray), bite block or finger-supporting film of bisecting-angle technique.
Item D: Practice for the partial dental radiography.
Item E: Practice for the full-mouth periapical radiography.
Item F: Practice for the panoramic radiography.
Item G: Practice for the cephalometric radiography.