Davey J, Bryant S T, Dummer P M H
School of Dentistry, College of Biomedical and Life Sciences, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK.
Eur J Dent Educ. 2015 Nov;19(4):229-34. doi: 10.1111/eje.12130. Epub 2014 Dec 9.
This article aims to gain understanding into the perception of undergraduate dental students in terms of their confidence and competence at performing root canal treatment and their perception of the quality of endodontic education.
An online questionnaire was distributed to all 3rd, 4th and 5th year dental students at Cardiff University via their academic e-mail addresses. The questionnaire utilised both scaled response and open questions to gain an insight into undergraduate opinion.
Out of a possible 208 students, 98 responses were obtained (response rate = 47%). Perception of competence and confidence were significantly greater amongst the more senior year groups (P < 0.01). However, 49% (n = 38) of participants did not feel competent performing root canal treatment on anterior, single-rooted teeth, whilst 74% (n = 70) did not feel competent performing root canal treatment on posterior, multirooted teeth. Free comments from participants indicated that this was due to a lack of clinical experience. Approximately, 80% of participants ranked education in endodontics at Cardiff University as ≤5 on a Likert scale (1 = inadequate to 10 = good), indicating that improvement was required. Improvements that were suggested by the students included the provision of further information within lectures, a broader range of lecturers, an increased number of shorter, more organised practical sessions, additional training equipment, greater supervision and online reference guides to root canal treatment.
Enhancing undergraduate education in endodontics is necessary to increase students' perception of their confidence and competence when performing root canal treatment.
本文旨在了解本科牙科学生对进行根管治疗的信心和能力的看法，以及他们对牙髓病学教育质量的看法。
通过学术电子邮件地址向卡迪夫大学所有三年级、四年级和五年级牙科学生发放在线问卷。该问卷采用量表式回答和开放式问题，以深入了解本科生的意见。
在可能的208名学生中，获得了98份回复（回复率=47%）。高年级学生对能力和信心的认知明显更高（P<0.01）。然而，49%（n=38）的参与者认为自己没有能力对前牙单根牙进行根管治疗，而74%（n=70）的参与者认为自己没有能力对后牙多根牙进行根管治疗。参与者的自由评论表明，这是由于缺乏临床经验。大约80%的参与者将卡迪夫大学牙髓病学教育在李克特量表上的排名评为≤5（1=不足至10=良好），表明需要改进。学生们建议的改进措施包括在讲座中提供更多信息、增加讲师种类、增加更多更短、更有组织的实践课程、增加培训设备、加强监督以及提供根管治疗的在线参考指南。
加强本科牙髓病学教育对于提高学生在进行根管治疗时的信心和能力认知是必要的。
