Advantages of Business Game Method in Teaching Discipline "Infectious Diseases" to Future Dental Doctors

Abstract

Dentistry as a specialty belongs to the professions carrying a high occupational risk of exposure to several pathogens due to the special features of dental treatment. Knowing the clinical course of these diseases can significantly contribute to the diagnostic process and facilitate the timely detection of the disease thus, reducing the risk of transmission in the dental chair. At the present stage, the training of future dentists requires the incorporation of innovative teaching methods aimed at developing students' creative and critical thinking that can be achieved by the business game method. Therefore, the purpose of the article is to improve the professional competencies of dental students by introducing the business game method in the study of the discipline "Infectious Diseases". The article presents modern approaches to teaching the discipline to future dentists in order to build up and strengthen professional competencies and practical skills in working with patients. The use of a business game allows each student to work out an algorithm of actions in accordance with the chosen clinical situation, to identify errors in working with a patient or using dental instruments that is critically important in preventing the spread of hospital-acquired infections and contributes to the formation of professional skills of a future dentist. The introduction of this teaching method is aimed at improving the quality of dental students' knowledge of the clinical picture of infectious diseases; it will help in the formation of medical alertness for the diagnosis of infectious diseases by mucosal lesions, ways to implement the epidemic process in the dental chair, infection control and measures for the specific prevention of infectious diseases. Thus, the active involvement of students in the educational business game makes it possible to improve the professional competencies of future dental doctors that is essential in their professional activity.

Methods of Activation of Cognitive Activity of Interns During the Study of Paediatric Dentistry

“…Підготовка лікаря-інтерна до активної професійної діяльності зобов'язує викладача не лише оцінити рі-вень його знань, а й допомогти розібратися у масиві нової інформації. Основними напрямками у роботі з лікарями-інтернами є дедуктивне навчання (лекції, опитування, демонстрації; інтерактивне навчання (робота в малих групах, розробка власних проектів, дискусії); індуктивне навчання -ділові ігри; наукова робота та самостійна підготовка [3,4].…”

“…Preparing an intern for active professional activity requires the teacher to assess the level of his/her knowledge and to help him/her understand the array of new information. The main areas of work with interns are deductive learning (lectures, surveys, demonstrations; interactive learning (work in small groups, development of own projects, discussions); inductive learning -business games; scientific work and independent preparation [3,4].…”