Proposal of e-learning strategy to teach Atraumatic Restorative Treatment (ART) to undergraduate and graduate students

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Ana Estela Haddad²  Marcelo José Strazzeri Bönecker²  Fausto Medeiros Mendes²  Chao Lung Wen³  Carlos Felipe Bonacina⁴  Daniela Prócida Raggio²  Lucila Basto Camargo¹ 

[1] Discipline of Pediatric Dentistry, Faculdade de Odontologia da Universidade Paulista, Av. Comendador Enzo Ferrari, 280 - Swift, Campinas, Brazil;Department of Pediatric Dentistry, Faculdade de Odontologia da Universidade de São Paulo, Av. Professor Lineu Prestes, 2227, Cidade Universitária, São Paulo, Brazil;Department of Pathology, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo, Av. Dr. Arnaldo, 455 - Cerqueira César, São Paulo, Brazil;Pediatric Dentistry Clinical Practioner São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

关键词: Caries;    Atraumatic Restorative Treatment;    Dental education;    E-learning;   

Others  :  1131867
DOI  :  10.1186/1756-0500-7-456

 received in 2014-02-13, accepted in 2014-06-23,  发布年份 2014

【 摘 要 】

Background

The aim of this study was to evaluate e-learning strategy in teaching Atraumatic Restorative Treatment (ART) to undergraduate and graduate students. The sample comprised 76 participants—38 dental students and 38 pediatric dentistry students—in a specialization course. To evaluate knowledge improvement, participants were subjected to a test performed before and after the course.

Results

A single researcher corrected the tests and intraexaminer reproducibility was calculated (CCI = 0.991; 95% IC = 0.975–0.996). All students improved their performances after the e-learning course (Paired t-tests p < 0.001). The means of undergraduate students were 4.7 (initial) and 6.4 (final) and those of graduate students were 6.8 (initial) and 8.2 (final). The comparison of the final evaluation means showed a statistically significant difference (t-tests p < 0.0001).

Conclusions

The e-learning strategy has the potential of improving students’ knowledge in ART. Mature students perform better in this teaching modality when it is applied exclusively via distance learning.

【 授权许可】

   
2014 Camargo et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.

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