In summer 2012, the University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Dentistry transitioned from a departmental clinical education model to a comprehensive care/group leader model. The aim of this study was to investigate the perspectives of the fourth-year class of dental students who, because the transition took place during their training, had experienced treating patients under both...

Objectives: With increasing numbers of HIV/AIDS patients, physicians, dentists, and nurses taking care of these patients should have sufficient knowledge of the disease, and their attitude and behaviour should be proper. In our study, we aimed to examine the level of knowledge about HIV/AIDS among students from a medicine faculty, dentistry faculty, and medical technology vocational training sc...

Health care professionals, particularly dentists, are subject to high levels of stress. Without proper stress management, problems related to mental health and addiction and, to a lesser extent, deliberate self-harm such as suicide may arise. There is a lack of information on teaching methodologies employed to discuss stress management and suicide prevention in dental education. The purpose of ...

BACKGROUND Students' motives for studying Dentistry have been a subject of interest for years because of the potential for understanding the psychological makeup and subsequent job satisfaction for the dentist. It is also useful in identifying expectations of the profession. This study therefore tried to identify study motives and career preferences of dental students especially with respect to...

Dental implant education is increasingly becoming part of predoctoral dental curricula. New York University College of Dentistry has developed a pilot dental implant program that trains students in implant restorations for single-tooth restorations and mandibular overdentures. Fourth-year students have the option of applying for an implant honors program, which can include surgically placing po...

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the perceptions and opinions of dental students from two different Dentistry Schools in Brazil, both known here as Dentistry Schools 1 and 2 about the Family Health Program FHP. The study analyzed if the Dentistry Schools had any influence on the students, graduating professionals with humanitarian and social sensibility, which are considered very impor...

We have developed a web-based tool, called e-status, that is able to generate individually different statistical or mathematical problems and to correct the students ́ answers. The tool is well appreciated by the students since it is available anywhere and anytime. This ability allows the weaker students to practice the concepts as needed, without obstructing the progress of the more advanced st...

OBJECTIVE: The aim of this survey study is to evaluate the feedback students in Gazi University Faculty Dentistry about online education 2020-2021 academic year due pandemic and hybrid 2021-2022 year. MATERIAL-METHOD: sample consists 508 undergraduate who continue their dentistry on a web-based basis during COVID-19 period. A consisting 14 questions, six parts. Chi-square test Fisher Freeman Ha...

The purpose of the study was to consider features adverse psychological consequences distance learning for students higher medical education. Materials and methods. An anonymous online questionnaire psychodiagnostic examination 195 majoring in “Medicine”, “Dentistry” “Medical Psychology” were conducted, using Beck Depression Inventory H. Eysenck's scale self-assessment mental states. Results di...