Dental students’ perceptions towards the remote learning to preclinical training

Abstract

Challenges imposed by the covid-19 pandemic on the dental education program included adaptations to remote education. The aim of this study was to assess dental students’ perceptions towards the remote learning (e-learning) to preclinical training. Material and methods: One hundred sixty dental students from the second to the fourth year were included. The questionnaire was filled out on Google Forms. All data was collected from May to July 2021. Results: Eighty-three dental students answered the questionnaire (51.9%). A minority of students rated online theoretical learning as excellent (8.4%). Concerning preclinical training after e-learning, excellent values ranged from 4.5% to 26.7%. Most students were willing to take dental residency programs (92.8%). The main areas of choice are dentistry, endodontics, oral surgery, and prosthodontics. Conclusion: Dental students reported many difficulties during preclinical training after e-learning. Most students intend to attend a residency program in dentistry, endodontics, oral surgery and prosthodontics.

Avaliação do atendimento clínico de estágio odontológico antes e durante a pandemia de COVID-19

“…O impacto negativo do COVID-19 no atendimento de pacientes no estágio de curso de Odontologia e no aprendizado dos alunos é perceptível, conforme a Tabela 1. A discrepância é expressiva do período 2019/1, quando 27 alunos realizaram 1470 procedimentos, para o período 2020/1, primeiro semestre com COVID-19, enquanto 54 alunos, ou seja, o dobro de alunos que em 2019/1, realizaram somente 221 procedimentos, este achado sugere uma prática clínica extremamente prejudicada, assim como encontrado por Roskamp et al (2023) os alunos apresentaram muitas dificuldades em clínica e a pandemia impactou significativamente na profissão odontológica. Atualmente, esses profissionais estão inseridos no mercado de trabalho.…”

“…Pode-se justificar isso pelo cansaço em muito tempo de atendimento, ou mesmo, dificuldades dos alunos em desenvolver e executar planos de tratamentos mais intensos quanto ao atendimento combinado de procedimentos, Roskamp, et al, 2023).…”