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Acquiring Practical Skills in Paediatric Dentistry During Pregraduate Education - Opinion of Students Nabycie umiejętności praktycznych w stomatologii dziecięcej w kształceniu przeddyplomowym w opinii studentów
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
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| Author | Kruszyńska-Rosada, Maria Lewicka, Maria Borysewicz‑ Pawlaczyk-Kamieńska, Tamara Przystanowicz, Aleksander |
| Copyright Year | 2013 |
| Abstract | Background. Paediatric dentistry is the science of the stomatognathic system of the developmental age. Teaching paediatric dentistry mainly focuses on prevention, diagnosis and treatment of dental caries of primary and permanent teeth and also on prevention of periodontal diseases. Students are taught theoretically and practically how to provide relevant dental care for the patients in developmental age. Objectives. The aim of the research was to study the opinion of students, completing the undergraduate education, about: the level of practical skills mastered in paediatric dentistry, the expected level of usefulness of particular practical skills in professional practice, and the extent to which teaching paediatric dentistry influenced the correct performance of the examined skills. Students’ opinions, concerning the level of acquiring practical skills, were confronted with the frequency performing particular skills during classes. The aim was to examine whether there is a relation between student’s opinion on the level of his skills and the true number of practical performance. Material and Methods. 94 dental students of the 5th year of study were examined, just after the final exam. They were given the questionnaire where the students expressed their opinion on the level of acquiring the 22 practical skills. The students expressed their opinion using a 7-degree scale, where point 1 showed the lowest level of mastering the skill and point 7 marked the highest. The method of document analysis was used in the study – “paediatric dentistry student’s training cards”, where the numbers of particular practical interventions made during the 4th and 5th year of study were collected. Results. The study showed the predominance of positive opinions. There was no correlation between the extent in which students acquired certain practical skills and the number of actual performances during classes. Existing correlations were not statistically significant. Conclusions. This study demonstrated that the level of mastering, usefulness and teaching of most of the particular examined clinical skills was high. There was no correlation between the extent in which students acquired certain practical skills and the number of actual performances during classes (Dent. Med. Probl. 2013, 50, 2, 210–216). |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://www.dmp.umed.wroc.pl/pdf/2013/50/2/210.pdf |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
