Showing 10 results for Dental Students
Maryam Hashemipour,
Volume 6, Issue 1 (6-2006)
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Abstract Introduction: Career choice is one of the most important decisions every individual makes in his life. Meanwhile, choosing dentistry as a job should be accomplished with more precise considerations because changing this job is rarely possible. Thereby, this study was done to determine important factors in choosing dentistry among first and second year dentistry students in Kerman University of Medical Sciences in 2005. Methods: All first and second year dentistry students from Kerman School of Dentistry (n=52) participated in this descriptive study. A valid and reliable questionnaire asking about students’ demographic characteristics and their motivations for entering dentistry was distributed as group administered. The result was analyzed by Mann-Whitney U test along using SPSS 11.5. Results: The most important motivation for choosing dentistry was “relationship with people”, whereas manual working was the least important motive. Male students were more likely to be motivated by income while female students were more likely to be influenced by their parents' advice. Conclusion: Relationship with people has a high position in dentistry profession. Therefore, dentistry is considered as a social job. Since, income is an important factor for male students compared to females, this factor can be used for encouraging male students to choose dentistry as their profession.
Ahmad Jafari, Mohammadreza Khami, Reza Yazdani, Mansoureh Mohamadi,
Volume 9, Issue 3 (1-2010)
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Introduction: Nowadays, the attitudinal aspect of community dentistry course and the way in which this course is taught is critically important. The aim of this study is to compare the presentation of theoretical community dentistry course through workshops using PBL method with that of contemporary method of lecture. Methods: In this quasi experimental study, 64 dental students of Tehran University of Medical Sciences who took the course of community dentistry in second semester of academic year of 2006-2007 were entered into the survey through census. They were randomly allocated into two groups of experiment and control each including thirty two. The course of community dentistry was taught to control group through traditional method in 17 lecturing sessions meanwhile this course was instructed to experiment group through problem based learning method. A questionnaire was used for gathering data. Data was analyzed by SPSS software using descriptive statistics and Chi². Results: The improvement in attitude of PBL group was significant in contrast with that of traditional method group. In post-test, the mean score of knowledge and attitude of the group attending in workshop was higher than that of traditional group but the difference was not statistically significant. The mean score of satisfaction and transferring educational concepts was significantly higher in the group attending in workshop. Eighty one percent of the workshop attendees were satisfied with the method employed in the course. Conclusion: The new method of education has been successful in its achievements as forming a positive atti-tude in students and making them eager for community dentistry issues.
Faezeh Eslamipour, Farinaz Shirban, Poorandokht Refaee,
Volume 10, Issue 5 (2-2011)
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Introduction: Clinical education has a remarkable importance in medical education. Awareness of dentistry students’ view from the educational setting, faculty and nurses will help on developing strategies for qualitative and quantitative improvement of clinical training. This study aimed to assess Isfahan Dental School students’ satisfaction and views or satisfaction of clinical setting, in order to gain insight about its strengths and weaknesses. Methods: In a cross-sectional study, all of students of Isfahan Dental School in one educational year (1388) were asked to fill a questionnaire with 16 standard questions. The questionnaire was about student’s satisfaction from teachers, nurses, equipments and facilities of clinical setting, student’s self-steams and satisfaction of their action in clinical practices. The data was analyzed by SPSS software using descriptive statistics, ANOVA and t-test. Results: There was a significant statistically difference between the mean score of satisfaction of different departments. Maximum satisfaction in all components was shown in periodontics and orthodontics departments and minimum satisfaction was shown in endodontic and prosthodontics departments. There was a negative correlation between their satisfactions and their final grades, but this correlation was not statistically significant. Conclusion: Results showed that despite significant differences between satisfaction of different clinical departments, students’ satisfaction from different departments is desirable. However, it is suggested to consider in future planning prosthodontics and endodontic departments as a priority.
Soodabeh Kimyai, Elmira Jafari Navimipour, Narmin Mohammadi,
Volume 11, Issue 4 (11-2011)
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Introduction: Peer education can be a useful adjunctive method for clinical skills training. This study was performed to evaluate the effect of peer education on practical skill training of dental students in restorative preclinic. Methods: In this quasi-experimental study which was performed in years 2009-10, all 34 dental students of Tabriz School of Dentistry (admission year:2006), who enrolled in practical restorative I course and met inclusion criteria were randomly divided into two groups as intervention and control. Peer education method was used for intervention group besides the conventional method for running practical restorative I course, while in control group, the course ran conventionally. At the end of the semester, the mean rank of students’ scores in the course in the two groups were compared. For this purpose, SPSS software and Mann-Whitney U test were used at a significance level of P<0.05. Results: The mean scores in practical restorative I was 15.73±1.69 in the intervention group and 14.69±2.67 in the control group. There was no significant difference in the mean rank of scores between the two groups. Conclusion: Practical skill of students who had used peer education method was the same as the students in the control group. It is suggested that peer education method be considered as a supplementary educational method in education of restorative dentistry preclinical course.
Zohreh Hedayati, Nasim Seifi, Somayeh Hekmatfar, Samaneh Badakhsh,
Volume 12, Issue 3 (6-2012)
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Introduction: Interest, motivation, and satisfaction toward job are the factors guarantee the success in occupation. Job satisfaction itself is influenced by social factors. The rising admission rates of dental schools have further increased the anxiety of their students in recent years. This investigation was conducted on dental students to assess their attitude toward future career and the discipline at the time of entrance and graduation.
Methods: This descriptive cross-sectional study was carried out on 140 dental students of Shiraz University of Medical Sciences within academic years 2010-2011 using a questionnaire made by researcher. The items of the questionnaire were about students’ attitude toward their discipline and future career. Data was analyzed by Kolmograph-Smirnove, ANOVA, and t-test.
Results: The mean of total scores for the questionnaire related to student’s attitude toward their discipline (33.97+ 4.46) was higher than its theoretical mean score (27). The mean of total scores for the questionnaire related to student’s attitude toward their future career (16.42 +2.61) was lower than its theoretical mean (18). Investigating the difference between attitude toward discipline and future career among students of different semesters and age groups revealed no significant difference. Accordingly, no significant statistical difference was also realized between male and female students regarding the attitude toward discipline. But a statistically significant difference was observed between genders considering the attitude toward future career (P=0.037).
Conclusion: This study showed that dental students of Shiraz University of Medical Sciences are interested in their discipline whereas their attitude toward future career was not desirable. This represents their anxiety toward future career. The results of this study could be taken into consideration for future planning and therefore open up a brighter horizon for the future career of these students.
Bahareh Tahani, Alireza Farzanehkhoo, Jaber Yaghini,
Volume 16, Issue 0 (4-2016)
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Introduction: Promoting public health through the facilities of religious sites has become a popular solution for different fields of medicine around the world. However, these programs have been less developed in Iran’s dentistry. The purpose of this study was to introduce a novel method of providing dental care using portable units in a religious site and to evaluate the satisfaction of students and faculty members with the educational outputs of the program.
Methods: In This descriptive study, mobile dental units were first moved to the auditorium of a religious site (Zeinabieh) to provide dental care to the deprived patients of that area. All the senior dental students (N=75) were selected through census method. While examining the patients and providing the comprehensive treatment plan according to patient priority, they provided some necessary dental care during two weeks. After one semester, the program was evaluated through measuring the satisfaction of 30 students and five supervisor professors (selected randomly) by using a researcher-made 10-item questionnaire whose validity and reliability were confirmed. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics.
Results: The total mean score was 3.1±0.5. Sixty percent of the students believed that the effects of the program were high or very high on increasing their ability in restorative and preventive clinical treatments and efficient communication with patients. The lowest satisfaction level was related to improved skills in root canal treatment.
Conclusion: Students’ satisfaction with the program was high in improving ability to provide preventive and dental care services and in communicating with patients.
Mojdeh Mehdizadeh, Roya Mollabashi, Ladan Khorami, Mohamad Mehdi Soltani, Ahmadreza Kkhaksarboldaji, Sayd Milad Lesani,
Volume 21, Issue 0 (4-2021)
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Introduction: Parallel with the progress in the educational technology, teaching methods have shifted from traditional methods to new methods. One of these methods and educational tools, in the electronic education, is educational movies. This study was done to review the effect of educational bisecting periapical radiograph technique video clip on dentistry students’ learning at Isfahan University of Medical Sciences.
Methods: In this quasi-experimental study, 54 students of the 6th semester of the dentistry school of Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, who studied the course of dental radiology in the academic years 2017-2018, were included in the study. These students were randomly divided into two groups; in the first group, method of taking radiographs were taught in the field. In the second group, the teaching method was both in the field and by movie. Scores of two groups were compared for evaluate learning of the students. Data analysis was performed using descriptive statistics and independent test.
Results: The mean score of dental radiography in the traditional group was 41±9/06 and in the other group was 105±16.05. The difference between the means of the two groups was significant )p>0/001,t 32.1). The average score of students' satisfaction with the quality of the educational video was 40/3±5/2.
Conclusion: The results showed that educational movie with traditional methods could be an effective strategy for better learning in students.
Shahriyar Oladi, Hajar Shekarchizadeh,
Volume 22, Issue 0 (4-2022)
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Introduction: Cultural competence is defined as the ability of individuals and organizations to provide health services in accordance with cultural, social, and linguistic needs of the patients. Today, cultural competence is one of the important and necessary topics in the field of health. This study endeavored to examine cultural competence among dental students of Islamic Azad University of Isfahan.
Methods: In this cross-sectional study, among 590 undergraduate and postgraduate dental students of Azad University of Isfahan, applying a stratified sampling method, 150 students were surveyed using an online questionnaire (Medical Science Graduates' Cultural Competency Questionnaire) in the academic year 2021. The standard questionnaire includes 50 items and 8 components. The results were analyzed using Kruskal-Wallis, Kruskal-Wallis post hoc test, Mann-Whitney U test and Spearman correlation coefficient.
Results: Among the respondents, 52.7% were females, and the mean age of the students was 24.8±4.1 years. The mean score of cultural competence among all students was 3.15±0.63, which was above average. There was a significant difference between cultural competence of students and its dimensions in three stages of basic sciences (2.95±0.65), pre clinic/clinic (2.95±0.67) and postgraduate levels (3.55±0.32). The highest level of cultural competence was found among postgraduate students (p<0.001). There was no significant relationship between students' gender and their cultural competence (p>0.05). However, a significant relationship was found between age and cultural competence (p<0.001 and r=0.37).
Conclusion: Regarding the low level of cultural competence among undergraduate dental students, and considering the importance of cultural competence to deal with the patients, it is necessary to design educational programs to promote cultural competence among students, especially undergraduate dental students.
Katayoun Salem, Sara Aaleedaiee, Atefeh Barzegar Sharifi,
Volume 23, Issue 0 (3-2023)
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Introduction: Compliance with professionalism principles and methods affects the practitioner-patient relationship and is of paramount importance. This study endeavors the professionalism in senior and postgraduate dental students.
Methods: The cross-sectional study using a descriptive-analytical design was conducted on 153 out of 170 students including 101 senior and 52 postgraduate dental students. The instrument was a researcher-made questionnaire derived from ADEA Tool for Action on Professionalism in Dental Education. After designing the questionnaire, its face validity and content validity were confirmed and reliability was calculated. Data analysis was conducted through Kruskal-Wallis and Mann-Whitney tests with P<0.05.
Results: The mean total score of self-assessment of professionalism in senior dental students was 115.61±12.23 and in postgraduates was 120.17±7.00. The mean score of professionalism (P=0.04, z=2. 02) and subscales of competence (p=0.006, z=2.7) and responsibility (p=0.008, z=0.51). Female postgraduates gained higher scores in total score (p=0.02, χ2(2)=11.46), and responsibility domain (p=0.009, χ2(2)=11.86), than males.
Conclusion: Both groups of under-and-postgraduate dental students gained high scores in professionalism perception. Due to the fact that in some domains, dental students had lower scores, to improve the quality of compliance with the principles of professionalism, it is suggested that to provide training and evaluation of professionalism in lesson plan.
Davood Nadehi, Hamidreza Rajati Haghi, Anahita Nouri, Bita Kianfar,
Volume 24, Issue 0 (5-2024)
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Introduction: Logbooks are considered one of the effective clinical evaluation methods. This study endeavored to evaluate the perspective of dental students at Mashhad University of Medical Sciences regarding the fixed prosthesis logbook.
Methods: In this descriptive-analytical study, all sixth-year dental students who took the fixed prosthesis course two in the academic year 2022-2023 (54 students) were included and provided with logbooks. At the end of the semester, the students were given a questionnaire to evaluate their perspective regarding the logbook. Analysis was done through independent t-tests, and Mann-Whitney and Spearman correlation statistical tests (p< 0.05).
Results: In the field of necessity, 53 students (98.1 percent); in the field of design, 39 students (72.2 percent); in the field of quality, 54 students (100 percent), and in total, 53 students (98.1 percent) agreed to use the log book. The average score of prosthetics in male students (16.96±1.04) was lower than that of female students (17.76±1.33; p=0.021). The average grade was not different between male (16.80±1.20) and female students (17.01±1.11; P=0.648). There was no difference between male and female students when comparing different fields and the total score (p>0.05). The students’ grade point average (GPA) had a correlation with the scores of necessities, quality, and total, but the values were not significant.
Conclusion: The findings indicated a positive consensus among the students regarding the use of logbook, reflecting their satisfaction, and positive perspective. This suggests that the logbook is an effective tool to enhance students' performance and satisfaction. Besides, the potential for designing logbooks for other departments and engaging students and teachers in their evaluation could further enhance the quality of education.
