Evaluation of national dental curriculum in Iran using senior dental students' feedback.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Dental curriculums require regular revision to stay up to date in scientifical and societal fields. Senior dental students are among the main stakeholders of such curriculums. The present study investigated the opinions of Iranian senior dental students regarding the adequacy of their dentistry program and the national dental curriculum in training a competent dentist, the program's content, and its structure.

Methods

A previously designed and validated questionnaire on the opinion of senior dental students regarding curriculum adequacy was sent to a representative in each of the country's dental schools. Before the COVID pandemic terminated data collection, a total of 16 schools (438 students) managed to respond (37%). The questionnaire asked the students to asse

SUBMITTER: Salmani A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9876750 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature