Effects of Distance-Learning Strategies in Dental Fixed Prosthodontics Amidst the COVID-19 Pandemic: Cross-Sectional Questionnaire Study on Preclinical Dental Students' Perspective.

ABSTRACT:

Background

COVID-19's high transmissibility led to gathering restrictions where dental schools experienced disruptions due to restrictions on attending in-person lectures and limitations placed on applied preclinical and clinical activities. Students not only had to rapidly switch to digital technology-based learning (TB-learning) modules but also experienced high levels of social isolation and anxiety around virus transmission.

Objective

This study aims to evaluate the preclinical students' perception of switching TB-learning modules amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, identifying which module parameters were associated with strong student outcomes.

Methods

A web-based survey of 39 Likert scale questions was delivered to preclinical dental students (Western University) to

SUBMITTER: Zhang XY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10666021 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature