Department of Endodontics, Saturday Academy, New York University College of Dentistry, New York, USA.
Department of Cariology and Comprehensive Care, Saturday Academy, New York University College of Dentistry, New York, USA.
J Dent Educ. 2021 Sep;85(9):1543-1553. doi: 10.1002/jdd.12624. Epub 2021 Apr 23.
PURPOSE/OBJECTIVES: This study describes and evaluates efforts to transition an established pre-dental pipeline program to a remote platform, in response to the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic.
The semester-long pipeline program, Saturday Academy at New York University College of Dentistry, was conducted remotely through Zoom, and materials for hands-on, pre-clinical activities, were mailed to participants. Saturday Academy aims to educate underrepresented minority and low-income high school students about the college application process and the dental profession. After the program's completion, program applications and engagement data were analyzed. An anonymous online survey was administered to the high school student participants. The survey questions included topics about their interest in the profession of dentistry, satisfaction with the Saturday Academy programming, and program engagement.
In its remote format, Saturday Academy had an average attendance of 87.8% at each session. All (60/60, 100%) of the high school student participants responded to the anonymous program satisfaction survey. Sixty-seven percent reported an interest in the profession of dentistry before participating in the program and 82% after participating in the program. Ninety-eight percent agreed with the statement "I enjoyed my experience participating in Saturday Academy." Additionally, 97% agreed with the statement "Saturday Academy's virtual programming was effective." There were no statistically significant differences in program satisfaction when data from the virtual program were compared to 2 years of in-person program satisfaction data.
Challenges to fulfilling the missions of dental institutions in response to the coronavirus pandemic impact service and recruitment efforts, in addition to formal dental education. Transitioning pipeline programming efforts, with hands-on components, to a remote format is possible and was met with favorable engagement and responses from program participants.
目的/目标：本研究描述并评估了在应对 2019 年冠状病毒病大流行期间，将已建立的牙科前管道计划过渡到远程平台的努力。
为期一学期的管道计划——纽约大学牙科学院周六学院——通过 Zoom 进行远程授课，并将动手、临床前活动的材料邮寄给参与者。周六学院旨在向代表性不足的少数族裔和低收入的高中生普及大学申请流程和牙科专业知识。在该项目完成后，对项目申请和参与数据进行了分析。对高中生参与者进行了匿名在线调查。调查问题包括他们对牙科专业的兴趣、对周六学院课程的满意度以及对项目的参与度。
在远程模式下，周六学院的每次课程平均出勤率为 87.8%。所有（60/60，100%）高中生参与者都回复了匿名的项目满意度调查。67%的人在参加该项目前对牙科专业感兴趣，82%的人在参加该项目后感兴趣。98%的人同意“我喜欢参加周六学院的体验”这一说法。此外，97%的人同意“周六学院的虚拟课程计划是有效的”这一说法。将虚拟项目的数据与 2 年的实地项目满意度数据进行比较，项目满意度没有统计学上的显著差异。
应对冠状病毒大流行对牙科机构使命的挑战不仅影响服务和招募工作，还影响正规的牙科教育。将具有实践环节的管道计划过渡到远程模式是可行的，并且得到了项目参与者的积极参与和响应。
