Continuing endodontic education and COVID‐19: before, during and after?

Galibourg, Antoine; Peters, Ove A.; Diemer, Frank; Nasr, Karim; Maret, Delphine

doi:10.1111/iej.13368

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“…Successfully performing root canal treatments is a highly technical procedure that requires strict adherence to procedural processes [ 63 ]. Previous research has suggested that students are better prepared to perform procedural processes through blended learning than through classical teaching methods alone [ 64 ].…”

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Effect of an endodontic e-learning application on students’ performance during their first root canal treatment on real patients: a pilot study

2022

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Background E-learning has found its way into dental teaching in general and endodontic teaching in particular. The present study aimed to implement a newly developed multimedia learning application and assess its effect on students’ first root canal treatment on real patients. With the COVID-19 outbreak, the application’s performance was investigated during the pandemic. Methods A total of 138 students in the initial clinical endodontic course participated in this study. The control group (n = 49) followed the traditional curriculum, including practice on artificial teeth and face-to-face teaching events. In addition to the traditional curriculum, test group 1 (n = 54) had access to an endodontic e-learning application containing videos demonstrating artificial teeth and patient cases. With the COVID-19 outbreak, test group 2 (n = 35) had no face-to-face teaching; however, endodontic patient treatments were included. The quality of students’ first root canal treatment on real patients was compared using performance and radiographic assessment items. Statistical analysis was done using Kruskal–Wallis and chi-squared tests. Test groups received a questionnaire to assess the learning application. Test group 2 also completed a COVID-19-specific survey to measure students’ perceptions of how the pandemic affected their endodontic education. Results The results of endodontic treatments were significantly better for test group 1 (P < 0.001) and 2 (P < 0.001) than for the control group. Likewise, there were significantly fewer treatment errors in test group 1 (P < 0.001) and 2 (P < 0.001). No significant differences were found between test groups 1 and 2. Students of the test groups positively evaluated the e-learning application. Students of test group 2 expressed their fear of negative impacts on their course performance. Conclusion The e-learning application was well-received and seemed to improve endodontic education. The results imply that the quality of education may be maintained by implementing e-learning to compensate for face-to-face teaching. As no difference was found between online and face-to-face teaching, students’ and lecturers’ concerns that endodontic education is suffering because of the pandemic may be eased.

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Effect of an endodontic e-learning application on students’ performance during their first root canal treatment on real patients: a pilot study

2022

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“…Benefits such as saving time, reducing costs, the possibility of consulting with colleagues, easier decision making to refer patients and the possibility of using it in primary health care system are among its strengths. On the other hand, low motivation, limited use in the dental emergency, reluctance of some specialists for the use of technology and electronic tools, and the lack of appropriate infrastructure can be considered as some of the most challenging items of tele-dentistry [ 8 , 9 ].…”

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Impact of COVID-19 on dental education- a scoping review

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Background A new corona virus called COVID-19 and its epidemic has affected health care systems in many ways. There have also been significant changes in dental education. The present study summarizes the findings about dental education resulting from a scoping review of COVID-19 and dentistry. Methods First, a comprehensive search of five databases (Google Scholar, Medline through PubMed, Embase, Scopus, and Cochrane Central) was conducted with the keywords: COVID-19 and its equivalent terms, dentistry, education, oral, students, curriculum, and academics. Articles related to oral health and COVID-19 were searched. Then articles on the subject of dental education were screened and reviewed. Results Of the 1389 articles investigating COVID-19 and dentistry, 135 articles were related to dental education and its relationship with COVID-19. The most articles in this field were from the United States, India, and Saudi Arabia. Most of the articles were cross-sectional and then review articles. Based on the review the articles were divided into two main categories of changes and concerns, and opportunities and solutions. Moreover, the following themes were extracted: teaching-learning quality and methods, study career and how students are prepared, infection control policies, theses, exams and assessments, financial and economic security, students and staff’s mental health, school’s policies and curricula, knowledge of students and staff about COVID-19. Conclusions Dental education now faces big challenges, some of which have never been experienced before. On the other hand, the epidemic has created opportunities for dental education as well. Most of these challenges and opportunities are the same around the world, and the findings of the present study can be a good help to overcome the challenges ahead as well as a good reference to find the right questions to be answered in future studies.

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“…The outbreak of COVID-19 has made all aspects of nursing education challenging (39,40). In this regard, online education (40) and mobile health-based learning have been mentioned as a solution to reduce challenges and make education flexible and innovative.…”

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Investigating Emergency Department Nurses’ Educational Needs and Exploring Strategies to Meet Challenges Against Management of These Needs: A Qualitative Study

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Background: Nurses who are occupied in emergency departments play a critical role in health services provision and patient care. Considering the importance of providing appropriate and immediate care in emergency departments, nurses need to acquire sufficient skills and up-to-date knowledge. Objectives: This study aimed to identify the educational needs of nurses working in the emergency department and explore strategies to meet challenges against the elimination of these needs. Methods: This qualitative study was conducted using a content analysis approach. This study selected the emergency departments of two large educational hospitals affiliated with Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, southern Iran. This study was conducted on 15 emergency department nurses selected via purposive sampling with maximum variation within January 2020 and March 2021.The data were collected by performing 15 in-depth, semi-structured interviews (11 face-to-face and 4 telephone interviews due to the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic) and making field notes. Then, the recorded interviews were transcribed verbatim and analyzed using the qualitative content analysis approach proposed by Graneheim and Lundman. The consolidated criteria for reporting qualitative studies (COREQ) was used to report the findings of this study. Results: Three main themes, namely the need for comprehensive and continuous education, challenges of managing educational needs, and strategies to meet educational needs, were extracted following data analysis. Conclusions: Clarifying the educational needs of nurses and exploring strategies to solve these challenges can be effective by providing continuous practical training and adopting effective teaching-learning strategies to promote nurses’ education and improve their performance in clinical skills. Accordingly, the provision of appropriate infrastructure for mobile health applications and utilization of mobile-based educational applications in emergency departments have to be taken into account by hospital managers and health policymakers.

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Continuing endodontic education and COVID‐19: before, during and after?

Cited by 6 publications

References 8 publications

Effect of an endodontic e-learning application on students’ performance during their first root canal treatment on real patients: a pilot study

Effect of an endodontic e-learning application on students’ performance during their first root canal treatment on real patients: a pilot study

Impact of COVID-19 on dental education- a scoping review

Investigating Emergency Department Nurses’ Educational Needs and Exploring Strategies to Meet Challenges Against Management of These Needs: A Qualitative Study

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