Fliah Hassan Ahmad, Alhamdani Faaiz Yaqub, Radhi Hani, Hussein Hashim Mueen
Department of Oral Medicine, College of Dentistry, Mustansiriyah University, Baghdad, Iraq.
Department of Clinical Sciences, College of Dentistry, Ibn Sina University of Medical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Baghdad, Iraq.
Clin Cosmet Investig Dent. 2023 Aug 21;15:157-163. doi: 10.2147/CCIDE.S425318. eCollection 2023.
Oral diagnosis and surgery education is the main educational subject in dental schools. Due to its importance and the demand to achieve a proper level of training, dental students might have some concerns related to this subject. The study aims to investigate domains related to students' concerns in oral surgery clinics.
An online questionnaire of five domains was circulated to 211 fourth, and fifth-year students. The domains include; the benefit of oral surgery lectures in oral surgery clinic; the importance of oral surgery clinic, what they fear the most during their oral surgery training; difficulty domain, and importance domain. It was distributed to a sample of 211 fourth-, and fifth-year students at the Ibn Sina College of Dentistry, Baghdad, Iraq in January, and February 2022.
In the domain of "benefit of oral surgery lectures in the oral surgery clinic" Half of the respondents think theory lectures are useful. About one-third of the students believe it is essential. The most important item in the domain of "most factors students' fear" was the item of nerve injury (42.1%). Incomplete tooth removal was reported in (32.7%), whereas post-extraction bleeding was reported by (19.2%). In the domain "the most difficult" 71% of students stated that it is dealing with uncooperative patients was the most important item. Similarly, in the domain "the most important" the majority of students reported that correct surgical diagnosis (70.1%) is the most important item, followed by master extraction technique (26.2%), and master anesthesia technique (3.7%).
This study evaluated the "fear", "difficulty", and "importance" domains of students' concerns during oral surgery training. There is a noticeable shift in students' attention toward clinical reasoning compared to the technical aspects of surgical training. This positive shift reflects the perceived importance of diagnosis for proper clinical practice. This needs to be encouraged by the teaching staff.
口腔诊断与外科教育是牙科学院的主要教育科目。由于其重要性以及达到适当培训水平的要求，牙科学生可能对该科目存在一些担忧。本研究旨在调查口腔外科诊所中与学生担忧相关的领域。
向211名四年级和五年级学生发放了一份关于五个领域的在线问卷。这些领域包括：口腔外科诊所中口腔外科讲座的益处；口腔外科诊所的重要性；他们在口腔外科培训期间最害怕的事情；困难领域和重要领域。该问卷于2022年1月和2月分发给伊拉克巴格达伊本·西那牙科学院的211名四年级和五年级学生样本。
在“口腔外科诊所中口腔外科讲座的益处”领域，一半的受访者认为理论讲座有用。约三分之一的学生认为其至关重要。在“学生最害怕的因素”领域，最重要的项目是神经损伤（42.1%）。报告不完全拔牙的占（32.7%），而报告拔牙后出血的占（19.2%）。在“最困难”领域，71%的学生表示应对不合作患者是最重要的项目。同样，在“最重要”领域，大多数学生报告正确的外科诊断（70.1%）是最重要的项目，其次是掌握拔牙技术（26.2%）和掌握麻醉技术（3.7%）。
本研究评估了口腔外科培训期间学生担忧的“恐惧”“困难”和“重要性”领域。与外科培训的技术方面相比，学生的注意力明显转向临床推理。这种积极转变反映了诊断对于正确临床实践的重要性。这需要教师予以鼓励。
