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"description": "Records names and classification mappings with their context.", "findings": [ { "id": "title-and-classification", "name": "Title and classification", "description": "A title or occupational code is a contextual identification claim whose equivalence must be supported.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which local titles and occupational classifications identify this dental assistant role?", "kind": "definition", "id": "title-and-classification-q01" }, { "text": "Which classification version or authoritative description supports each mapping?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "title-and-classification-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "neighbouring-role-boundaries", "name": "Neighbouring role boundaries", "description": "Separates dental support responsibilities from other occupations and from individual role holders.", "findings": [ { "id": "support-role-boundary", "name": "Support role boundary", "description": "The model distinguishes assistance from clinical decision authority and from work that is solely administrative.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which responsibilities establish this as dental assistance rather than reception work or dental hygiene?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "support-role-boundary-q01" }, { "text": "Which decisions must be referred to another dental professional in this setting?", "kind": "action", "id": "support-role-boundary-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "authority-and-competence", "name": "Authority and competence", "description": "Connects each proposed duty to applicable rules, qualification requirements and supervision conditions.", "rationale": "A dental assistant title cannot by itself establish permission or readiness for activities such as imaging or expanded functions.", "layers": [ { "id": "jurisdictional-scope", "name": "Jurisdictional scope", "description": "Records the external authority governing role titles and individual duties.", "findings": [ { "id": "duty-specific-permission", "name": "Duty-specific permission", "description": "Permission is assessed for a named duty in a specified jurisdiction and date, with unresolved cases retained explicitly.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which current authoritative source governs this duty, including any required registration or additional credential?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "duty-specific-permission-q01" }, { "text": "What delegation and supervision conditions must be satisfied before this duty can be assigned?", "kind": "action", "id": "duty-specific-permission-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "competence-and-assignment", "name": "Competence and assignment", "description": "Defines the evidence needed to match a role holder to a procedure-specific assignment.", "findings": [ { "id": "verified-task-readiness", "name": "Verified task readiness", "description": "Training, assessed ability, credential validity and available supervision are separate inputs to assignment readiness.", "questions": [ { "text": "What evidence demonstrates competence for the proposed procedure, equipment and patient support tasks?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "verified-task-readiness-q01" }, { "text": "Which missing or expired requirement blocks assignment, and who can resolve it?", "kind": "action", "id": "verified-task-readiness-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "chairside-and-patient-support", "name": "Chairside and patient support", "description": "Describes assistance before and during dental procedures and the boundaries of patient-facing support.", "rationale": "Dental assistance depends on procedure preparation, coordinated chairside activity and timely communication of patient concerns.", "layers": [ { "id": "procedure-support", "name": "Procedure support", "description": "Connects approved procedure plans to the assistant's preparation and chairside responsibilities.", "findings": [ { "id": "chairside-support-plan", "name": "Chairside support plan", "description": "The role records assigned preparation and assistance functions without taking ownership of the treatment plan.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which instruments, materials and equipment must the assistant prepare under the approved procedure protocol?", "kind": "action", "id": "chairside-support-plan-q01" }, { "text": "Which chairside activities, such as instrument transfer or suction support, are assigned and authorised for this procedure?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "chairside-support-plan-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "patient-communication-and-escalation", "name": "Patient communication and escalation", "description": "Defines permitted patient preparation, communication and referral of concerns.", "findings": [ { "id": "patient-support-boundary", "name": "Patient support boundary", "description": "Patient reassurance and reinforcement of approved instructions require clear limits on independent clinical advice.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which patient preparation steps and approved instructions may the assistant provide in this setting?", "kind": "action", "id": "patient-support-boundary-q01" }, { "text": "Which observed concerns, questions or changes in patient condition require immediate handoff to the responsible clinician?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "patient-support-boundary-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "infection-prevention-and-operatory-readiness", "name": "Infection prevention and operatory readiness", "description": "Identifies the assistant's assigned responsibilities for reusable instruments, clinical surfaces and exposure response.", "rationale": "Instrument processing and operatory turnover need explicit ownership, evidence and escalation paths before patient care proceeds.", "layers": [ { "id": "instrument-processing", "name": "Instrument processing", "description": "Links assigned processing tasks to approved instructions and release criteria.", "findings": [ { "id": "instrument-release-evidence", "name": "Instrument release evidence", "description": "The role must distinguish completing a processing task from having evidence that instruments meet applicable release requirements.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which approved manufacturer instructions and practice protocols govern the instruments and processing equipment used?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "instrument-release-evidence-q01" }, { "text": "What processing records and checks must be acceptable before instruments can be released, and who authorises that release?", "kind": "action", "id": "instrument-release-evidence-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "operatory-and-exposure-controls", "name": "Operatory and exposure controls", "description": "Records turnover responsibilities and responses to failures in workplace controls.", "findings": [ { "id": "safe-work-area-readiness", "name": "Safe work area readiness", "description": "Readiness depends on completed assigned controls and a defined response to contamination, sharps incidents or missing supplies.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which locally approved checks establish that the operatory is ready for the next patient?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "safe-work-area-readiness-q01" }, { "text": "What must the assistant stop, isolate or report when an exposure incident or failed infection-prevention check occurs?", "kind": "action", "id": "safe-work-area-readiness-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "records-and-practice-coordination", "name": "Records and practice coordination", "description": "Defines dental documentation support, information access and coordination across clinical and administrative work.", "rationale": "Dental assistants may connect chairside events with records and scheduling, requiring clear attribution and responsibility boundaries.", "layers": [ { "id": "dental-documentation-support", "name": "Dental documentation support", "description": "Separates recording or relaying clinical information from originating or approving clinical judgments.", "findings": [ { "id": "attributed-record-work", "name": "Attributed record work", "description": "Documentation responsibilities specify permitted entries, information 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"clinical-administrative-handoff-q01" }, { "text": "Who receives unresolved issues when a missing item, delayed laboratory case or unclear instruction prevents the planned workflow?", "kind": "action", "id": "clinical-administrative-handoff-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "evidence-and-external-alignment", "name": "Evidence and external alignment", "description": "What the world already says about this thing, gathered so the model can be checked against it.", "rationale": "A model that cannot be lined up against existing standards, identifiers and practice cannot be adopted by anyone who already uses them.", "layers": [ { "id": "reported-evidence", "name": "Reported evidence", "description": "Findings from the breadth pass, kept separate from the structural claims.", "findings": [ { "id": "evidence-confidence-notes", "name": "Check these first", "description": "Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.", "evidence": [ "This is recalled knowledge, not 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