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Review and analysis of Chilean dental undergraduate education: curriculum composition and profiles of first year dental students
BACKGROUND: In Chile, dentistry has become a very popular career choice for students, which has resulted in a substantial increase in both, the number of dental graduates and dental schools. Nonetheless, there is a need for change in the way dental schools select and educate their students to keep p...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6142632/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30223851 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12960-018-0314-8 |
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author | Venturelli Garay, Renato E. Watt, Richard G. |
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description | BACKGROUND: In Chile, dentistry has become a very popular career choice for students, which has resulted in a substantial increase in both, the number of dental graduates and dental schools. Nonetheless, there is a need for change in the way dental schools select and educate their students to keep pace with the rapidly changing nature of societal needs and to tackle the marked health inequalities that exist in the country. The aim of this study was to review and critique dental undergraduate education in Chile, with a particular focus on the curriculum composition and profiles of students admitted to dental schools from 2010 to 2014. METHODS: A descriptive and retrospective design was utilised. Two different methods were undertaken: primary data collection regarding curriculum and secondary data analysis in relation to students’ profiles. Descriptive statistics were used to assess the relative proportions of subject modules within the undergraduate dental curriculum and in particular the public health components. The analysis of the student profiles described specific background factors, namely, gender, age, secondary school type, location, rural-urban status and student’s year of admission. Also, trends of dental students’ intake between 2010 and 2014 were investigated. Logistic regression analysis was undertaken to assess potential associations between the aforementioned background factors and students’ choice of dental school. RESULTS: Regarding the curriculum review, a 67% response rate was obtained. The most dominant component of Chilean dental curriculum was the clinical subjects (33%), followed by the basic and biological sciences (16%) and then medical and dental sciences (13%). In relation to the admission of students, the majority attended private schools (72%); most were females (62%); aged 19 years or less (74%); had an urban origin (99%); and came from subsidised private secondary schools (48%). Significant differences were found between students admitted to traditional and private dental schools. CONCLUSIONS: Clinical sciences are the most dominant subjects in the Chilean dental curriculum. Overall, traditional and private institutions had a broadly similar composition in their curriculum with the exception of the public health component. Students from disadvantaged backgrounds were the minority in dental schools across Chile. |
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spelling | pubmed-61426322018-09-20 Review and analysis of Chilean dental undergraduate education: curriculum composition and profiles of first year dental students Venturelli Garay, Renato E. Watt, Richard G. Hum Resour Health Research BACKGROUND: In Chile, dentistry has become a very popular career choice for students, which has resulted in a substantial increase in both, the number of dental graduates and dental schools. Nonetheless, there is a need for change in the way dental schools select and educate their students to keep pace with the rapidly changing nature of societal needs and to tackle the marked health inequalities that exist in the country. The aim of this study was to review and critique dental undergraduate education in Chile, with a particular focus on the curriculum composition and profiles of students admitted to dental schools from 2010 to 2014. METHODS: A descriptive and retrospective design was utilised. Two different methods were undertaken: primary data collection regarding curriculum and secondary data analysis in relation to students’ profiles. Descriptive statistics were used to assess the relative proportions of subject modules within the undergraduate dental curriculum and in particular the public health components. The analysis of the student profiles described specific background factors, namely, gender, age, secondary school type, location, rural-urban status and student’s year of admission. Also, trends of dental students’ intake between 2010 and 2014 were investigated. Logistic regression analysis was undertaken to assess potential associations between the aforementioned background factors and students’ choice of dental school. RESULTS: Regarding the curriculum review, a 67% response rate was obtained. The most dominant component of Chilean dental curriculum was the clinical subjects (33%), followed by the basic and biological sciences (16%) and then medical and dental sciences (13%). In relation to the admission of students, the majority attended private schools (72%); most were females (62%); aged 19 years or less (74%); had an urban origin (99%); and came from subsidised private secondary schools (48%). Significant differences were found between students admitted to traditional and private dental schools. CONCLUSIONS: Clinical sciences are the most dominant subjects in the Chilean dental curriculum. Overall, traditional and private institutions had a broadly similar composition in their curriculum with the exception of the public health component. Students from disadvantaged backgrounds were the minority in dental schools across Chile. BioMed Central 2018-09-17 /pmc/articles/PMC6142632/ /pubmed/30223851 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12960-018-0314-8 Text en © The Author(s). 2018 Open AccessThis article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated. |
spellingShingle | Research Venturelli Garay, Renato E. Watt, Richard G. Review and analysis of Chilean dental undergraduate education: curriculum composition and profiles of first year dental students |
title | Review and analysis of Chilean dental undergraduate education: curriculum composition and profiles of first year dental students |
title_full | Review and analysis of Chilean dental undergraduate education: curriculum composition and profiles of first year dental students |
title_fullStr | Review and analysis of Chilean dental undergraduate education: curriculum composition and profiles of first year dental students |
title_full_unstemmed | Review and analysis of Chilean dental undergraduate education: curriculum composition and profiles of first year dental students |
title_short | Review and analysis of Chilean dental undergraduate education: curriculum composition and profiles of first year dental students |
title_sort | review and analysis of chilean dental undergraduate education: curriculum composition and profiles of first year dental students |
topic | Research |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6142632/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30223851 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12960-018-0314-8 |
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