NDLI: Evaluation of national dental curriculum in Iran using senior dental students’ feedback

Content Provider	Springer Nature : BioMed Central
Author	Salmani, Arvin Keshavarz, Hooman Akbari, Majid Kharrazifard, Mohammad Javad Varmazyari, Shabnam Khami, Mohammad Reza
Abstract	Background Dental curriculums require regular revision to stay up to date in scientifical and societal fields. Senior dental students are among the main stakeholders of such curriculums. The present study investigated the opinions of Iranian senior dental students regarding the adequacy of their dentistry program and the national dental curriculum in training a competent dentist, the program’s content, and its structure. Methods A previously designed and validated questionnaire on the opinion of senior dental students regarding curriculum adequacy was sent to a representative in each of the country’s dental schools. Before the COVID pandemic terminated data collection, a total of 16 schools (438 students) managed to respond (37%). The questionnaire asked the students to assess the adequacy of the training received in curriculum’s theoretical and practical competencies with the help of a five-point Likert scale that ranged from “Completely inadequate” to “Completely adequate”. It also questioned them on its teaching methods and intensity. SPSS software version 24 and Chi-square test served for statistical analysis. Results In total, the study has 438 participants, 245 female and 193 male. Significant sex differences were spotted in the responses concerning both theoretical and practical training. Regarding general training adequacy, 50 (22.6%) female students and 50 male ones (30.7%), P = 0.08 agreed that the program was acceptable. The numbers for students of old (more than 15 years of activity) and new schools were 47 (21.7%) and 53 (31.7%), respectively (P = 0.03). Nearly one-third deemed the teaching methods appropriate. Regarding the duration of curriculum phases, 33 students (8.3%) believed that basic science required extension, while 108 (28.6%) and 266 (69.1%) reported such need for pre-clinical and clinical phases. The school’s years of activity emerged as significant, as 38.1% of students from new schools versus 21.7% of those from old ones deemed the extension of pre-clinical phase necessary (P < 0.001). Conclusion A significant number of Iranian senior dental students found the undergraduate dental curriculum inadequate regarding competencies, content, and teaching. Further investigations will determine whether it’s the curriculum or its implementation that warrants revision.
Related Links	https://bmcoralhealth.biomedcentral.com/counter/pdf/10.1186/s12903-023-02757-x.pdf
Ending Page	9
Page Count	9
Starting Page	1
File Format	HTM / HTML
ISSN	14726831
DOI	10.1186/s12903-023-02757-x
Journal	BMC Oral Health
Issue Number	1
Volume Number	23
Language	English
Publisher	BioMed Central
Publisher Date	2023-01-26
Access Restriction	Open
Subject Keyword	Dentistry Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Dental curriculum Student Evaluation IRAN
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Dentistry
Journal Impact Factor	2.6/2023
5-Year Journal Impact Factor	3.2/2023

Sl.	Authority	Responsibilities	Communication Details
1	Ministry of Education (GoI), Department of Higher Education	Sanctioning Authority	https://www.education.gov.in/ict-initiatives
2	Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur	Host Institute of the Project: The host institute of the project is responsible for providing infrastructure support and hosting the project	https://www.iitkgp.ac.in
3	National Digital Library of India Office, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur	The administrative and infrastructural headquarters of the project	Dr. B. Sutradhar bsutra@ndl.gov.in
4	Project PI / Joint PI	Principal Investigator and Joint Principal Investigators of the project	Dr. B. Sutradhar bsutra@ndl.gov.in Prof. Saswat Chakrabarti will be added soon
5	Website/Portal (Helpdesk)	Queries regarding NDLI and its services	support@ndl.gov.in
6	Contents and Copyright Issues	Queries related to content curation and copyright issues	content@ndl.gov.in
7	National Digital Library of India Club (NDLI Club)	Queries related to NDLI Club formation, support, user awareness program, seminar/symposium, collaboration, social media, promotion, and outreach	clubsupport@ndl.gov.in
8	Digital Preservation Centre (DPC)	Assistance with digitizing and archiving copyright-free printed books	dpc@ndl.gov.in
9	IDR Setup or Support	Queries related to establishment and support of Institutional Digital Repository (IDR) and IDR workshops	idr@ndl.gov.in

Determinants of preventive oral health behaviour among senior dental students in Nigeria

The present and future status of oral and maxillofacial pathology in Iran: A multicenter study.

Oral cancer knowledge, attitudes, and practices among senior dental students in Yemen: a multi-institution study

Introducing a Senior Course on Catastrophe Preparedness into the Dental School Curriculum

Undergraduate dental students’ perspective on the implementation of digital dentistry in the preclinical curriculum: a questionnaire survey

The use of feedback in teaching undergraduate dental students: feedback sandwich or Ask-Tell-Ask model?

Evaluation of satisfaction of senior postgraduate students of oral and maxillofacial surgery with the specialty curriculum during the 2016−2017 educational year

Key factors in the future of oral and dental health in Iran using scenario writing approach

A national cross-sectional survey of dental anxiety in the French adult population

Evaluation of national dental curriculum in Iran using senior dental students’ feedback

Similar Documents

Determinants of preventive oral health behaviour among senior dental students in Nigeria

The present and future status of oral and maxillofacial pathology in Iran: A multicenter study.

Oral cancer knowledge, attitudes, and practices among senior dental students in Yemen: a multi-institution study

Introducing a Senior Course on Catastrophe Preparedness into the Dental School Curriculum

Undergraduate dental students’ perspective on the implementation of digital dentistry in the preclinical curriculum: a questionnaire survey

The use of feedback in teaching undergraduate dental students: feedback sandwich or Ask-Tell-Ask model?

Evaluation of satisfaction of senior postgraduate students of oral and maxillofacial surgery with the specialty curriculum during the 2016−2017 educational year

Key factors in the future of oral and dental health in Iran using scenario writing approach

A national cross-sectional survey of dental anxiety in the French adult population

Evaluation of national dental curriculum in Iran using senior dental students’ feedback