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Assessing dental students’ professional satisfaction with operative dentistry teaching and curriculum: A study in Saudi Arabia
Evaluating students’ professional training satisfaction with operative dentistry teaching and curriculum can help identify their educational needs and improve the quality of the education imparted. This study aimed to assess the professional training satisfaction of senior undergraduate dental stude...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8238307/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34160446 http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/MD.0000000000026459 |
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description | Evaluating students’ professional training satisfaction with operative dentistry teaching and curriculum can help identify their educational needs and improve the quality of the education imparted. This study aimed to assess the professional training satisfaction of senior undergraduate dental students in Saudi Arabia from the operative dentistry course teaching and its curriculum at different levels and among genders. A total of 193 (109 male, 56.48%; and 84 female, 43.52%) students participated in the survey. The respondents were at the 10th, 11th, and 12th levels of the Operative Dentistry course in a ratio of 34.2%, 32.1%, and 33.7%, respectively. Data were collected from survey items (18 questions) covering 6 areas: learning objectives, course materials, content relevance, instructor knowledge, instructor delivery and style, and facility and environment. Descriptive and analytical tests were performed using SPSS Software 19, with the significance level set at 0.05. A high level of satisfaction was seen among level 10 (68.18%), 11 (79.03%), and 12 (86.15%) students. A significant statistical difference was observed among level 10 students with a low level of satisfaction and a high level of satisfaction (P = .045). The percentage of satisfaction increased with the level. A high level of satisfaction was seen among male (78.90%) and female (76.19%) students, with a total satisfaction level of 77.72%. Continuous evaluation and assessment of teaching and curriculum can be a tool to improve the quality of education imparted, especially in clinical courses such as operative dentistry. This helps to prepare students for their professional life as healthcare providers. The role of teaching skills related to amalgam must be re-evaluated. It is recommended to include student representation and participation in course development committees, as they are the final recipients of the educational process. |
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spelling | pubmed-82383072021-07-06 Assessing dental students’ professional satisfaction with operative dentistry teaching and curriculum: A study in Saudi Arabia Alqarni, Mohammed A. Medicine (Baltimore) 5900 Evaluating students’ professional training satisfaction with operative dentistry teaching and curriculum can help identify their educational needs and improve the quality of the education imparted. This study aimed to assess the professional training satisfaction of senior undergraduate dental students in Saudi Arabia from the operative dentistry course teaching and its curriculum at different levels and among genders. A total of 193 (109 male, 56.48%; and 84 female, 43.52%) students participated in the survey. The respondents were at the 10th, 11th, and 12th levels of the Operative Dentistry course in a ratio of 34.2%, 32.1%, and 33.7%, respectively. Data were collected from survey items (18 questions) covering 6 areas: learning objectives, course materials, content relevance, instructor knowledge, instructor delivery and style, and facility and environment. Descriptive and analytical tests were performed using SPSS Software 19, with the significance level set at 0.05. A high level of satisfaction was seen among level 10 (68.18%), 11 (79.03%), and 12 (86.15%) students. A significant statistical difference was observed among level 10 students with a low level of satisfaction and a high level of satisfaction (P = .045). The percentage of satisfaction increased with the level. A high level of satisfaction was seen among male (78.90%) and female (76.19%) students, with a total satisfaction level of 77.72%. Continuous evaluation and assessment of teaching and curriculum can be a tool to improve the quality of education imparted, especially in clinical courses such as operative dentistry. This helps to prepare students for their professional life as healthcare providers. The role of teaching skills related to amalgam must be re-evaluated. It is recommended to include student representation and participation in course development committees, as they are the final recipients of the educational process. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins 2021-06-25 /pmc/articles/PMC8238307/ /pubmed/34160446 http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/MD.0000000000026459 Text en Copyright © 2021 the Author(s). Published by Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License 4.0 (CCBY), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) |
spellingShingle | 5900 Alqarni, Mohammed A. Assessing dental students’ professional satisfaction with operative dentistry teaching and curriculum: A study in Saudi Arabia |
title | Assessing dental students’ professional satisfaction with operative dentistry teaching and curriculum: A study in Saudi Arabia |
title_full | Assessing dental students’ professional satisfaction with operative dentistry teaching and curriculum: A study in Saudi Arabia |
title_fullStr | Assessing dental students’ professional satisfaction with operative dentistry teaching and curriculum: A study in Saudi Arabia |
title_full_unstemmed | Assessing dental students’ professional satisfaction with operative dentistry teaching and curriculum: A study in Saudi Arabia |
title_short | Assessing dental students’ professional satisfaction with operative dentistry teaching and curriculum: A study in Saudi Arabia |
title_sort | assessing dental students’ professional satisfaction with operative dentistry teaching and curriculum: a study in saudi arabia |
topic | 5900 |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8238307/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34160446 http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/MD.0000000000026459 |
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