Department of Oral Biology, Bahria University Dental College, Karachi, Pakistan.
Department of Oral Biology, Women Medical College, Abbottabad, Pakistan.
Work. 2023;74(1):21-29. doi: 10.3233/WOR-220082.
The coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic had a major impact on the educational institutes globally and resulted in the transition from traditional educational systems to online electronic learning methods.
This study endeavored to address and compare the dental student's understanding regarding the Oral Biology course by assessing their knowledge and skills between the students enrolled during 2020 (online teaching) and 2021 (face-to-face teaching). This study also aimed to assess the perception of dental students regarding the virtual mode of teaching.
This quasi-experimental study evaluated students from two years, in which a retrospective group of dental students enrolled during the academic year 2020 were compared with a prospective experimental group enrolled during the academic year 2021. Knowledge and skills for both years were compared. This comprised of theoretical and practical component. Students also completed a questionnaire that assessed student's perception regarding online teaching.
A total of 98 students of Bahria University Dental College participated. A comparison between grade scores of online and traditional learning groups reported statistically significant differences (p = 0.05*) with regards to short answer question types, viva or verbal questions (p = 0.016*). Strong correlations were observed via the multivariable analysis. All correlations were statistically significant at p < 0.01 level. Learning satisfaction was not satisfactorily observed by the online learning group.
It can be concluded that despite the disruption that the educational sector had to face due to the COVID-19 pandemic, based on the differences in the subjective domain scores, students appeared to like on-campus teaching more than the online teaching, as most students found online learning to be stressful and were quite unsatisfied. However, the difference in mode of teaching did not affect the knowledge and skills of the dental students.
2019 年冠状病毒（COVID-19）大流行对全球教育机构产生了重大影响，导致传统教育系统向在线电子学习方法转变。
本研究旨在通过评估 2020 年（在线教学）和 2021 年（面对面教学）注册学生的知识和技能，比较和评估牙科学生对口腔生物学课程的理解。本研究还旨在评估牙科学生对虚拟教学模式的看法。
这项准实验研究评估了来自两个年级的学生，其中 2020 学年注册的牙科学生回顾性组与 2021 学年注册的前瞻性实验组进行了比较。比较了两个学年的知识和技能。这包括理论和实践部分。学生还完成了一份评估学生对在线教学看法的问卷。
共有 98 名巴里亚大学牙科学院的学生参加了这项研究。在线和传统学习组的年级成绩比较报告了统计学上的显著差异（p=0.05*），涉及简答题、口试或口头问题（p=0.016*）。通过多变量分析观察到强相关性。所有相关性在 p<0.01 水平均具有统计学意义。在线学习组的学习满意度没有得到满意的观察。
可以得出结论，尽管由于 COVID-19 大流行，教育部门不得不面临中断，但基于主观领域得分的差异，学生似乎更喜欢校园教学而不是在线教学，因为大多数学生认为在线学习有压力，并且非常不满意。然而，教学模式的差异并未影响牙科学生的知识和技能。
