Department of Dentistry, MM Medical College and Hospital, Solan, Himachal Pradesh.
Department of Physiology, MM Medical College and Hospital, Solan, Himachal Pradesh.
Przegl Epidemiol. 2022;76(2):210-215. doi: 10.32394/pe.76.21.
The goal of dental education is to prepare competent ethical professionals with critical thinking, reasoning and analyzing skills along with ability of application of clinical skills and judgement in treating a patient. The present study was designed with the objective to elicit the preferences of dental students regarding the utility of the prevailing teaching and learning methods and teaching aids.
A cross-sectional study was conducted among undergraduate dental students. Study population consisted of 382 dental students. A self-designed close-ended questionnaire written in English was constructed specifically for the study. The questionnaire was divided into two sections. Information regarding various teaching and learning methods both in theory and practical/clinical classes was obtained from the students. Results were calculated using numbers and percentages only.
The mean age of the students was 20.49 + 2.4 years. Problem based learning (PBL) was rated very useful by 76% (290) and useful by 24% (92) of subjects. Performing clinical/practical procedure individually rather than in group was rated very useful by 31% (118) of subjects. Use of power-point along with the blackboard was rated as the most useful method by 95% (363) of subjects. Majority of subjects (61%, 233) felt that 40 minutes duration of lecture was more useful as compared to 30 minutes.
Our study concludes that dental students prefer active teaching learning methodologies and combination of audiovisual aids. Hence it is suggested that collaboration of different active teaching methods and aids should be adopted by the teachers in order to enhance the student learning process.
牙科教育的目标是培养有能力、有道德的专业人员，使他们具备批判性思维、推理和分析能力，以及在治疗患者时应用临床技能和判断的能力。本研究旨在了解牙科学生对现行教学方法和教学辅助工具的实用性的偏好。
这是一项横断面研究，对象为本科牙科学生。研究人群由 382 名牙科学生组成。专门为这项研究设计了一份用英文撰写的封闭式调查问卷。问卷分为两部分。学生们从理论和实践/临床课两方面提供了各种教学方法和学习方法的信息。结果仅以数字和百分比计算。
学生的平均年龄为 20.49 ± 2.4 岁。76%（290 人）认为基于问题的学习（PBL）非常有用，24%（92 人）认为有用。31%（118 人）的学生认为单独进行临床/实践操作比分组进行更有用。95%（363 人）的学生认为使用幻灯片和黑板结合是最有用的方法。大多数学生（61%，233 人）认为 40 分钟的讲座比 30 分钟更有用。
我们的研究表明，牙科学生更喜欢主动的教学方法和视听辅助工具。因此，建议教师采用不同的主动教学方法和辅助工具的结合，以提高学生的学习过程。
