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Aug 2026
Preparedness for practice: a qualitative inquiry into the core attributes of dental hygiene graduates
Preparedness for clinical practice is an overarching aim of dental hygiene education, reflecting how effectively graduates translate academic learning into competent, confident, and independent clinical care. While graduate readiness has been widely discussed, dental hygiene literature focuses on discrete compete...
Suadah Ismail Asraf, Ahsan Sethi, K. Ali
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