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Dental education profile in COVID-19 pandemic: A scoping review.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

This scoping review aimed to determine the frequency of different teaching methodologies, tools and platforms applied in dental education during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Materials and methods

The search strategy was performed in six databases and grey literature. A total of 28 questionnaire-based studies were included, without language or time restriction, from 20 different countries.

Results

Six thousand five hundred sixty-five participants were assessed: 84% undergraduates, 9% of faculty members, 5% of postgraduate students/residents/trainees and 2% of dental schools/residency programs. The pooled eligible data for teaching methodologies were 62% of a combination of different methods (95% CI, 35.5% to 82.3%), 23% a combination of synchronous and asynchronous formats (95% CI, 8.2% to 50.2%) and 15% for only synchronous lectures (95% CI, 4.3% to 42.2%). The reported tools were laptops (40%), smartphones (40%), tablets (40%), desktops (20%), Blackboard (20%), Respondus Lockdown Browser (20%), eProctor (20%) and PowerPoint (20%). The most used platforms were Zoom (70.6%), Microsoft Teams (23.5%) and Cisco Webex (23.5%). A better time management (17.9%; 95% CI, 7.9% to 35.6%) and the possibility of revision with additional notes (14.3%; 95% CI, 5.7% to 31.5%) was the greatest advantages related to dental e-learning, while the increased levels of anxiety/stress/burnout/exhaustion (35.7%; 95% CI, 21% to 54.2%) and internet connection problems (35.7%; 95% CI, 21% to 54.2%) was the most cited disadvantages.

Conclusion

This scoping review showed promising blended teaching methodologies, tools and platforms in the dental education profile. The evidence suggests that e-learning technologies can widely contribute to dental education during the COVID-19 pandemic. Therefore, this study makes a major contribution to research by assessing the impact of COVID restrictions on dental education and further studies are needed to identify how restrictions in dental practice will affect future professionals.

SUBMITTER: Di Carvalho Melo L

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9111493 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Dental education profile in COVID-19 pandemic: A scoping review.

Di Carvalho Melo Larissa L Bastos Silveira Bruna B Amorim Dos Santos Juliana J Cena Jessica Alves de JA Damé-Teixeira Nailê N Martins Manoela Domingues MD De Luca Canto Graziela G Guerra Eliete Neves Silva ENS

European journal of dental education : official journal of the Association for Dental Education in Europe 20220411 2

<h4>Introduction</h4>This scoping review aimed to determine the frequency of different teaching methodologies, tools and platforms applied in dental education during the COVID-19 pandemic.<h4>Materials and methods</h4>The search strategy was performed in six databases and grey literature. A total of 28 questionnaire-based studies were included, without language or time restriction, from 20 different countries.<h4>Results</h4>Six thousand five hundred sixty-five participants were assessed: 84% un ...[more]

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Dental education profile in COVID-19 pandemic: A scoping review.

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