Training and evaluation of professors of dentistry in postgraduate programmes in Brazil

Abstract

Introduction In Brazil, the undergraduate dental education still remains fragmented and dissociated from its social context, with emphasis on the individualistic and private aspects of dental health. This study aimed to analyze the training and development of university professors of dentistry in stricto sensu postgraduate programs in Brazil. Materials and methods Delphi electronic methodology was used within a qualitative‐quantitative design to gather data from a panel of 58 experts. Discussions representing the analytic axis focused on: (i) the evaluative processes of higher education, in particular stricto sensu postgraduate programs, and their influence on academic activities in undergraduate dentistry courses and (ii) policies for training and developing university professors. Results Of the experts, 30 participated in the first round, 24 in the second, and 19 in the third. They considered the training of university professors in dentistry to be highly specialized and technologically focused and indicated the review of political‐pedagogic aspects of the educational sphere, as well as the social, economic, cultural, epidemiologic, and professional aspects of training and preparation prescribed by the National Curricular Guides for graduate courses in dentistry. An adequate process of evaluating the official organs and regulators of postgraduate stricto sensu programs, as well the programs themselves, should be implemented. Conclusion The experts stated that changes to the university teaching system are necessary, even in the field of dentistry. Mechanisms for evaluating areas and professors were inadequate, and the training was overly specialized and not consistent with the social reality of the country.

The impact of technological endodontic resources on the training of the general dentist

“…Another point to consider is that the use of rotary instruments in endodontics is a practice that requires greater monetary investments in equipment and instruments, an aspect that is far from the social reality of many regions in Brazil. This generates a high cost, low coverage practice with little epidemiological impact and inequalities in access 29 …”

“…The training of generalist professionals capable of acting in the comprehensiveness of health care and committed to the well‐being of the population should be based on a pedagogical model that combines technical quality with social needs 28 . Therefore, the design of the syllabus for the course of endodontics and the insertion of new techniques and technologies for predoctoral dental programmes should be evaluated so as not to accentuate the mismatch between clinical training and social reality 29 . The aim of this study was to evaluate the faculty perception regarding the insertion of technological resources, particularly rotary instrumentation, and the impact of such resources to the student's learning process that is graded at the end of the programme by the National Students Performance Exam (ENADE).…”

นวัตกรรมระบบประเมินสมรรถนะพาณิชย์อิเล็กทรอนิกส์

“…เทคนิ คเดลฟายได้ รั บการพั ฒนาอย่ างมี ระบบ โดยการศึ กษาวิ จั ยเกี ่ ยวกั บการทหารโดย Helmer และ Dalkey นั กวิ จั ยของบริ ษั ท Rand Corporation ในช่ วง ค.ศ. 1950 ในรั ฐแคลิ ฟอร์ เนี ย สหรั ฐอเมริ กา (Delbecq, Van de Ven, & Gustafson, 1975) (Martorella, 1991) มี นั กวิ จั ยหลายคนได้ ใช้ เทคนิ คเดลฟายเพื ่ อท าการวิ จั ยในด้ านการศึ กษาเช่ นกั น ตามที ่ อ้ างถึ ง โดย (Fong et al, 2013) (Shepherd & Burton, 2019) (Baltazar et al, 2019) (Skulmoski, Hartman, & Krahn, 2007). จากหนั งสื อที ่ เขี ยนโดย (Ziglio & Adler, 1996), (Fong et al, 2013)…”