Undergraduate dental students' perception of paediatric dental teaching in an urban and rural Australian dental school.
confidence
dental education
paediatric dentistry
rural
students
urban
Journal
International journal of paediatric dentistry
ISSN: 1365-263X
Titre abrégé: Int J Paediatr Dent
Pays: England
ID NLM: 9107511
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Mar 2023
Mar 2023
Historique:
revised:
05
08
2022
received:
26
02
2022
accepted:
14
08
2022
pubmed:
7
10
2022
medline:
25
2
2023
entrez:
6
10
2022
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Confidence in performing paediatric dental treatment is important as it ensures better oral health outcomes in the patient's adulthood. To investigate the confidence and attitudes of final year dentistry students, attending an urban and rural dental programme, towards their paediatric dentistry training. A questionnaire was distributed to final year dentistry students at the urban-based university, The University of Queensland, and at the rural-based university, La Trobe University. The questionnaire collected information using 5-point Likert scale and short-answer questions, which explored the theoretical, observational, preclinical and clinical aspects of students' paediatric dentistry training. Jamovi and GraphPad Prism were used for data analysis and the creation of graphs. The questionnaire was completed by 32 rural students and 47 urban students, with a response rate of 79%. Rural students were found to be less confident with the theory on restorative procedures than urban students. Observations of a dentist performing treatment on child were completed by a significantly larger proportion of urban students (70.2%) than rural students (46.9%). Students from both universities reported to have developed the least confidence in the preclinical training of pulp therapies and expressed the need for additional preclinical sessions for more training. At both universities, students indicated they were the least confident in the clinical practice of pulp therapies and management of traumatic dental injuries. Urban students were found to be more confident than their rural counterparts in the clinical practice of examination, treatment planning and preventative procedures, as well as in restorative procedures. Both urban and rural students were found to have the least confidence in preclinical and clinical skills related to pulp therapies. Restorative dentistry was an area in which urban students were significantly more confident than rural students in both the theoretical and the clinical aspects.
Sections du résumé
BACKGROUND
BACKGROUND
Confidence in performing paediatric dental treatment is important as it ensures better oral health outcomes in the patient's adulthood.
AIM
OBJECTIVE
To investigate the confidence and attitudes of final year dentistry students, attending an urban and rural dental programme, towards their paediatric dentistry training.
DESIGN
METHODS
A questionnaire was distributed to final year dentistry students at the urban-based university, The University of Queensland, and at the rural-based university, La Trobe University. The questionnaire collected information using 5-point Likert scale and short-answer questions, which explored the theoretical, observational, preclinical and clinical aspects of students' paediatric dentistry training. Jamovi and GraphPad Prism were used for data analysis and the creation of graphs.
RESULTS
RESULTS
The questionnaire was completed by 32 rural students and 47 urban students, with a response rate of 79%. Rural students were found to be less confident with the theory on restorative procedures than urban students. Observations of a dentist performing treatment on child were completed by a significantly larger proportion of urban students (70.2%) than rural students (46.9%). Students from both universities reported to have developed the least confidence in the preclinical training of pulp therapies and expressed the need for additional preclinical sessions for more training. At both universities, students indicated they were the least confident in the clinical practice of pulp therapies and management of traumatic dental injuries. Urban students were found to be more confident than their rural counterparts in the clinical practice of examination, treatment planning and preventative procedures, as well as in restorative procedures.
CONCLUSIONS
CONCLUSIONS
Both urban and rural students were found to have the least confidence in preclinical and clinical skills related to pulp therapies. Restorative dentistry was an area in which urban students were significantly more confident than rural students in both the theoretical and the clinical aspects.
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Pagination
158-167Informations de copyright
© 2022 The Authors. International Journal of Paediatric Dentistry published by BSPD, IAPD and John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
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