Lin Hung-Pin, Wang Ling-Hsia, Lin Tzu-Chiang, Cheng Feng-Chou, Chiang Chun-Pin
MacKay Junior College of Medicine, Nursing and Management, Taipei, Taiwan.
Division of Oral Pathology, Department of Stomatology, MacKay Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.
J Dent Sci. 2022 Jul;17(3):1292-1299. doi: 10.1016/j.jds.2022.04.016. Epub 2022 Apr 30.
BACKGROUND/PURPOSE: The oral medicine education for medical students is very important and a necessary part for the comprehensive medical education. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the oral medicine course for medical students by evaluating students' perspectives and the instructor's observation.
The medical students who took the compulsory course entitled "Introduction to Oral and Maxillofacial Medicine" in MacKay Medical College from 2016 to 2021 were invited to fill out the questionnaire for course satisfaction survey regarding their satisfied level with the course and their feelings about the instructors or suggestions, and the participatory observation was performed throughout the course activities and instructor-student interactions.
From 2016 to 2021, of a total of 268 medical students, 202 (75%) participated in the surveys. The results of the surveys and the instructor's observation showed that students satisfied with the course, and the course helped them to have a basic understanding of oral medicine. Moreover, all the mean scores and the rates of respondents who answered as agree for each item were 4.22-4.92 and 85%-100%, respectively.
In this study, the oral medicine education for medical students contributed to an increase in students' awareness and understanding of oral health and dentistry. Considering the reported effectiveness of the course, students' satisfaction with the course content and teaching materials, and the instructor's teaching, this model of providing dental and oral health knowledge for the medical students may be a good one for further use in other medical institutions.
背景/目的：医学生的口腔医学教育非常重要，是综合医学教育的必要组成部分。本研究的目的是通过评估学生的观点和教师的观察来评价医学生的口腔医学课程。
邀请2016年至2021年在麦凯医学院修读名为“口腔颌面医学导论”必修课的医学生填写课程满意度调查问卷，内容涉及他们对课程的满意程度、对教师的感受或建议，并在整个课程活动和师生互动中进行参与式观察。
2016年至2021年，共有268名医学生，其中202名（75%）参与了调查。调查结果和教师的观察表明，学生对该课程满意，该课程帮助他们对口腔医学有了基本的了解。此外，各项目的平均得分和回答“同意”的受访者比例分别为4.22 - 4.92和85% - 100%。
在本研究中,医学生的口腔医学教育有助于提高学生对口腔健康和牙科学的认识与理解。考虑到该课程已报道的有效性、学生对课程内容和教材的满意度以及教师的教学情况，这种为医学生提供口腔健康知识的模式可能是一种很好的模式，可供其他医疗机构进一步使用。
