A "flexible" compulsory dental basic research course for undergraduate students: a three-year retrospective study.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Since 2015, the Guanghua School of Stomatology has established an elective dental basic research course (EDBRC). To make all students benefit from the dental basic research course without causing excessive academic burden, the "flexible" compulsory dental basic research course (CDBRC) was settled in 2020. This study intends to introduce the "flexible" compulsory teaching module and assessment system of CDBRC, and analyze its effectiveness over 3 years.

Materials and methods

The grade point average (GPA), course pressure, level of basic research knowledge and skills, and students' research achievements were collected and analyzed between EDBRC and CDBRC. The unpaired t test was used to analyze the difference.

Results

The "flexible" CDBRC has been successfu

SUBMITTER: Gan X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11438412 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature