Knezevic Milica Jeremic, Bojinovic Milana, Djurovic Koprivica Daniela, Maletin Aleksandra, Knezevic Aleksandar, Sarac Marija, Puskar Tatjana, Nikolasevic Zeljka, Ramic Bojana
Faculty of Medicine, University of Novi Sad, 21000 Novi Sad, Serbia.
Medical Rehabilitation Clinic, University Clinical Center of Vojvodina, 21000 Novi Sad, Serbia.
J Clin Med. 2024 Jul 10;13(14):4030. doi: 10.3390/jcm13144030.
(1) : The COVID-19 pandemic has brought about a change in the concept of teaching with the introduction of online lectures and "distance learning." The aim of this study was to determine the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the confidence and both theoretical and practical knowledge of dental students regarding the courses in conservative dentistry and endodontics. (2) : The study was conducted using an originally created online questionnaire consisting of 30 questions that the students used to make a subjective assessment of their confidence in performing both endodontic and conservative procedures using numerical scales. They were divided into two groups, a non-COVID group of students, who attended classes before the outbreak of the pandemic, and a COVID group, whose classes were suspended due to the lockdown. The data were processed in the SPSS statistic 25 program, with statistical significance < 0.05. (3) : The comparison of the self-assessment of 96 students from the COVID group and 91 students from the non-COVID group revealed significant results. Compared with the COVID group, the non-COVID students felt more confident in the application of anesthesia in both the maxilla and mandible, in the initial treatment of patients in pain, as well as in all the steps of the endodontic treatment. Both groups felt equally confident in diagnostic and conservative procedures, and the level of theoretical knowledge acquired in the courses. (4) : Changes in teaching due to the COVID-19 pandemic had an unfavorable effect on students' self-confidence in performing routine dental interventions, especially in the endodontic field. The lack of confidence in the COVID group regarding the anesthetic and endodontic procedures appears due to their inability to do any of these procedures during the COVID period; we organized summer practical school under the supervision of teachers, and they gained the necessary knowledge and self-confidence for these procedures.
(1)：新冠疫情通过引入在线讲座和“远程学习”带来了教学理念的转变。本研究的目的是确定新冠疫情对牙科学生在保守牙科和牙髓病学课程方面的信心以及理论和实践知识的影响。(2)：该研究使用了一份最初创建的在线问卷，问卷包含30个问题，学生们用数字量表对自己进行牙髓病治疗和保守治疗操作的信心进行主观评估。他们被分为两组，一组是疫情爆发前上课的非新冠组学生，另一组是因封锁课程暂停的新冠组学生。数据在SPSS统计软件25程序中进行处理，统计学显著性<0.05。(3)：对新冠组的96名学生和非新冠组的91名学生的自我评估比较显示出显著结果。与新冠组相比，非新冠组学生在上颌和下颌麻醉应用、疼痛患者的初始治疗以及牙髓病治疗的所有步骤中感觉更有信心。两组在诊断和保守治疗程序以及课程中获得的理论知识水平方面感觉同样有信心。(4)：由于新冠疫情导致的教学变化对学生进行常规牙科干预的自信心产生了不利影响，尤其是在牙髓病领域。新冠组在麻醉和牙髓病治疗程序方面缺乏信心似乎是因为他们在新冠期间无法进行这些程序中的任何一项；我们在教师的监督下组织了暑期实践学校，他们获得了进行这些程序所需的知识和自信心。
