animal assisted therapisttodental hygienist
A animal assisted therapist already meets 25% of what the dental hygienist role asks for. The move turns on 24 required skills not yet in the profile.
25%
79.9/ 100
1 Share of the dental hygienist role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the animal assisted therapist profile. Required skills count in full, supplementary skills at 0.35. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. 2 Combines what is missing with how specialised it is, so a gap of general skills scores easier than the same number of narrow ones.
Why this move works
A dental hygienist role treats 8 of its required skills as things a animal assisted therapist already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- apply organisational techniques
- contribute to continuity of health care
- deal with emergency care situations
- develop a collaborative therapeutic relationship
- interact with healthcare users
- listen actively
What stands in the way is 24 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.
Table 2 · What you already bring
Of the 9 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A dental hygienist role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a animal assisted therapist background worth leading with.
- already held develop a collaborative therapeutic relationship communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held respond to changing situations in health care management skills
- already held deal with emergency care situations assisting and caring
- already held use foreign languages in patient care communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held contribute to continuity of health care assisting and caring
- already held interact with healthcare users communication, collaboration and creativity
All 9 carried skills, including the 8 the dental hygienist role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 27 missing skills fall into 6 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered below in the order worth working in: the areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the supplementary ones.
- required, not held apply antibacterial substance to teeth required
- required, not held perform dental hygiene interventions required
- required, not held remove calculus, plaque and stains required
- required, not held deal with patients' anxiety required
- required, not held ensure safety of healthcare users required
- required, not held comply with legislation related to health care required
- required, not held empathise with the healthcare user required
- required, not held follow clinical guidelines required
- required, not held manage infection control in the facility required
- required, not held promote inclusion required
- required, not held accept own accountability required
- required, not held apply context specific clinical competences required
- required, not held counsel on nutrition and its impact on oral health required
- required, not held educate on oral healthcare and disease prevention required
- required, not held follow dentists' instructions required
- required, not held promote health and safety policies in health services required
- required, not held work in multidisciplinary health teams required
- required, not held communicate in healthcare required
- required, not held work in a multicultural environment in health care required
- optional, not held inform policy makers on health-related challenges optional
- required, not held evaluate clinical outcomes of dental hygiene interventions required
- required, not held perform dental charting required
- optional, not held keep records for dental prostheses optional
- required, not held perform dental radiographs required
- optional, not held use technical equipment for sterilisation optional
- required, not held polish dental restorations required
- required, not held use e-health and mobile health technologies required
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a dental hygienist role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 apply antibacterial substance to teeth skill · occupation specific
- 02 evaluate clinical outcomes of dental hygiene interventions skill · occupation specific
- 03 perform dental hygiene interventions skill · occupation specific
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 9 skills that carry over
- already held apply organisational techniques skill
- already held contribute to continuity of health care skill
- already held deal with emergency care situations skill
- already held develop a collaborative therapeutic relationship skill
- already held interact with healthcare users skill
- already held listen actively skill
- already held provide health education skill
- already held respond to changing situations in health care skill
- already held use foreign languages in patient care skill
3 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held keep records for dental prostheses optional
- optional, not held inform policy makers on health-related challenges optional
- optional, not held use technical equipment for sterilisation optional
21 held skills the dental hygienist role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role animal behaviour knowledge
- not needed by the target role animal therapy knowledge
- not needed by the target role assess the patient's therapeutic needs skill
- not needed by the target role assistive instruments knowledge
- not needed by the target role behavioural therapy knowledge
- not needed by the target role control animal movement skill
- not needed by the target role evaluation of psychological performance knowledge
- not needed by the target role handle patient trauma skill
- not needed by the target role human psychological development knowledge
- not needed by the target role instruct animals for therapy purposes skill
- not needed by the target role maintain healthcare user data confidentiality skill
- not needed by the target role palliative care knowledge
- not needed by the target role performance diagnosis knowledge
- not needed by the target role promote animal welfare skill
- not needed by the target role recruit animal handlers skill
- not needed by the target role refer healthcare users skill
- not needed by the target role select therapy animals skill
- not needed by the target role sociology knowledge
- not needed by the target role use communication techniques skill
- not needed by the target role use foreign languages for health-related research skill
- not needed by the target role work with healthcare users' social network skill
How this record was compiled
Both occupations are taken from ESCO, which lists the skills and knowledge each occupation is expected to have and marks every one required or optional. Nothing here is a prediction about hiring, and nothing here knows that a particular employer wants a particular certificate. Treat Table 3 as a starting point for your own research rather than a syllabus. The full method states what these figures can and cannot tell you.