Inclusion of gerodontology in dental curriculum: An urgent case for India

Shigli, Kamal; Nayak, Sushma S; Lagali-Jirge, Vasanti; Kusurkar, Rashmi A.; Nerali, Jayashri Tamanna; Oginni, Fadekemi Olufunmilayo

doi:10.1080/02701960.2022.2058936

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“…Every stakeholder must be taken on board and involved in the process to increase acceptance and quality output. 5 This study was conducted to get an insight of what one of the stake holders i.e. students know and think about their present curriculum and the ongoing process of revision.…”

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Medical students’ knowledge about curriculum development and implementation in public and private medical institutes

Ehsan,

Ayub,

Sadiq

2023

Pak J Med Sci

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Objective: To assess the knowledge of undergraduate medical students about curriculum development and implementation. Methods: A quantitative descriptive study was conducted at a public sector institute and a private sector institute from September, 2022 to December, 2022. Simple random sampling was used and all the undergraduate MBBS students were included in study. Sample size was calculated using open epi and keeping confidence interval at 95% as 316 for FMU students and 218 for AFMDC students. Ethical approval was taken from FMU and permission to collect data was obtained from AFMDC. A Questionnaire was made and distributed among the students and data obtained was analyzed using SPSS 25.0. Results: Two hundred and forty-seven (49.4%) participants responded that the students don’t have any say in their curriculum, 400 (80%) were of the view that the students must have their opinion in the curriculum and 397 (79.4%) said that students must be involved in the process of planning and implementation of curriculum. When asked about the areas of deficiencies in the current curriculum, 101 (20.2%) pointed new skill, 84 (16.8%) indicated New information, new skills, teaching Methodology and effective teachers, 68 (13.6%) said teaching methodology while 51 (10.2%) indicated new skills and teaching methodology both. Five main themes were identified from the comments of students regarding curriculum, its development and implementation including; 1. Content revision, 2. Teaching methodologies, 3. Assessment, 4. Guidance and orientation and 5. Teacher student relationship. Conclusion: The undergraduate medical students are aware of the terms related to curriculum, its development and implementation but they are not being involved in any of this process. Content revision, clinical integration from initial years, quality assessment and faculty development are few areas that need improvement from students’ perspectives. doi: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.40.1.7705 How to cite this: Ehsan S, Ayub A, Sadiq A. Medical students’ knowledge about curriculum development and implementation in public and private medical institutes. Pak J Med Sci. 2024;40(1):---------. doi: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.40.1.7705 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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Medical students’ knowledge about curriculum development and implementation in public and private medical institutes

Ehsan,

Ayub,

Sadiq

2023

Pak J Med Sci

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“…Older adults often have unique oral health needs, including age-related oral conditions and chronic medical conditions that can affect oral health. Therefore, future dentist must be equipped with the knowledge and skills to handle the aging population 14 . Pedodontics focuses on providing dental care to children from infancy to adolescence.…”

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Revitalizing Dental Education: Aligning Curriculum with Contemporary Dentistry

Mirza,

Amin,

Saadia Saad

2024

ashkmdc

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A 4-year BDS curriculum is followed in dental colleges since inception of Pakistan. Modern dentistry has gone far ahead and many contemporary core subjects are found missing from it due to shorter length of time. In many countries, our dental graduates are not accepted for employment for this reason. It is need of the hour to look into the matter with some serious outlook and modify it as per the requirement of time. A 5-year education plan will best suit to accommodate the contemporary missing subjects.

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