Disruptions during a pandemic: Gaps identified and lessons learned

Elangovan, Satheesh; Mahrous, Ahmed; Marchini, Leonardo

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“…Given the "new normal" ushered in by the pandemic, dental educators are being forced to develop innovative strategies to continue educational tasks during the crisis. 8 Dentists are willing to conduct synchronous online dental continuing education courses, indicating that this educational model may be broadly adopted in the future. 15 It is possible to continue to teach theoretical content online.…”

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Learner behaviors in synchronous online prosthodontic education during the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic

Liu

et al. 2021

The Journal of Prosthetic Dentistry

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Since early 2020, coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has become a worldwide pandemic crisis. 1 Countries and regions have established pandemic prevention policies, which have had major impacts on social, economic, medical and dental activities, as well as lifestyles. Countries have adopted social distancing policies with varying degrees of success. People are increasingly realizing that even after the pandemic dissipates, social distancing may continue long into the future. Important changes have also occurred in the provision and utilization of dental care and education, 2-4 with the emergence of COVID-19 disrupting, in particular, how medical education, including dental education, is structured and provided. 4-8 The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the need for alternative educational methods such as distance learning. 4-8 In traditional dental education, high-quality practical skills training is inseparable from iterative, face-to-face guidance and communication. 9 Today, dental education methods are increasingly diverse, with distance learning becoming an important supplement to on-site

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Learner behaviors in synchronous online prosthodontic education during the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic

Liu

et al. 2021

The Journal of Prosthetic Dentistry

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“…Further studies are warranted to explore how this clinical curtailment might impact the way graduating students set up their future practices. As suggested by Elangovan et al, 40 although the COVID-19 pandemic has caused disruptions, it also "brought to light several avenues that . .…”

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COVID‐19 pandemic: Students’ perspectives on dental geriatric care and education

Brondani

Donnelly

2020

Journal of Dental Education

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Objectives: With the emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada and the curtailment of clinical and face-to-face university instruction in British Columbia on March 16, 2020, the opportunity arose to explore how third-and fourth-year undergraduate dental students critically considered the impact of the pandemic on education and the practice of dental geriatrics. Methods: All third-and fourth-year undergraduate dental students within a dental geriatric module were asked to provide a written guided reflection on the question: "In your opinion, what factors make outbreaks (or pandemics) like COVID-19 relevant to the practice of dental geriatrics?" Reflections were gathered from March 12 to May 8, 2020. Thematic analysis was conducted to identify and interpret patterns of meaning within the reflections by means of an interactive coding process. Results: A total of 115 reflections, between 291 and 710 words each, were received from 56 third-year (62.5% male) and 59 fourth-year (42.6% male) students. Five main themes emerged: experiencing uncertainties, frailty as a moderator, constraints in accessing care, preparedness protocol, and redefining care. The frequency in which the same codes, categories, and themes were assigned varied from 16 to 140 times. Conclusions: Students' reflections highlighted the effects of the pandemic, not only on their education but also on frail older adults themselves and the profession of dentistry in general. Further studies are warranted to explore how this curtailment might impact educators' approaches to geriatric education, as well as the way graduating students will set up their practices and approach geriatric care in the future.

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“…[32][33] Keeping in mind the experience with SARS and relevant highly pathogenic infectious disease, it would be prudent to adopt the following as related to dental education during this outbreak. [33][34][35][36][37] 1. To avoid the unnecessary aggregation and associated risk of infection, it is necessary to resort to emergency remote teaching, learning and assessment and considering online lectures and tutorials, case studies, and problem-based learning activities associated risk of infection.…”

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COVID-19 Pandemic – Implications, Planning, and Recommendations related to Dental Care Services and Dental Education

Ghani¹

2020

JRMC

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During the past few months, our understanding of the transmission, epidemiology, clinical symptoms, and management of Covid-19 has considerably improved. This had made the dental healthcare personnel confident enough and ready to provide safely by implementing efficient prevention and cross-infection control strategies in the dental clinical setting. , At the same time, it is necessary that we must be constantly aware of the continuation of such infectious threats challenging our infection control regimen and preparedness to provide dental treatments and teaching and education. Good infection prevention and control strategies need to be evidence-based and in line with the recommendations of the local and international public health agencies. The disruption in dental services and dental education all over the world resulted in this pandemic has emphasized and resulted in new, innovative and improved infection prevention and control strategies and adoption of alternative teaching, learning and assessment strategies for students. It further reinforces the need for continued research exploring ways for responding better to future contagious disease threats.

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Disruptions during a pandemic: Gaps identified and lessons learned

Cited by 71 publications

References 19 publications

Learner behaviors in synchronous online prosthodontic education during the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic

Learner behaviors in synchronous online prosthodontic education during the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic

COVID‐19 pandemic: Students’ perspectives on dental geriatric care and education

COVID-19 Pandemic – Implications, Planning, and Recommendations related to Dental Care Services and Dental Education

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