Abstract:Background: The students are in the best position to judge the effectiveness of any teaching system. They may comment logically to assess the teaching and evaluation methods. Aim: To analyze the student's feedback on teaching methodologies and effectiveness of methods being practiced in department of Prosthodontics in Islam Dental College Sialkot. Methods: The cross sectional study was conducted in Islam Dental College Sialkot with a specially designed questionnaire. The study subjects were 100 students, 50 ea… Show more
“…To achieve effective learning, teaching, and training, feedback is one of the most important factors that can bring fruitful outcomes with a positive attitude toward the learner's behavior. 1,2 The effectiveness of the curriculum may be best achieved by student feedback with mental compatibility and understanding between facilitators, learners, and stakeholders. 3 A dental student is most likely to learn through an efficient teaching mehodology.…”
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confidence: 99%
“…MCQs, SEQs, SAQs, OSCE, OSPE, workplace base assessment, Mini-CEX, DOPS, Portfolio, and Viva's voice are the common assessment tools being practiced in Pakistani institutes. 1,8 In most undergraduate dental education systems main focus is on the development of the contents of the course along with setting the examination pattern for assessment of students' performance. Previously, obtaining feedback from students for their learning improvement was not in focus.…”
OBJECTIVE: Teaching and learning methodologies have been a topic of concern for everyone for a decade. Dental education involves both academic and clinical understanding of subjects included in the curriculum. The study aims to determine the success of a system that could achieve the desired learning outcomes. METHODOLOGY: In this cross-sectional study 229 BDS students at five different dental colleges affiliated with the University of Health Sciences, Lahore responded to a predesigned structured questionnaire regarding the prosthodontic subject. Feedback on the Perception of students regarding prosthodontics as a subject was asked from BDS final year regular batch, before their university final exam. RESULTS: Most students found prosthodontics an interesting subject (82%). On enquiring about the level of difficulty of prosthodontics compared to other dental clinical subjects, 56.9% of students responded negatively. The majority were satisfied with the content (79.1%), delivery, and pace of the lectures (78.2%).85.4% of students reported lecture material was easy to follow and satisfactory. The highly reported useful method for learning and understanding prosthodontics was PowerPoint slides 69%, followed by group discussion 52.70%.MCQs as the mode of assessment reported positive by 75.70%, whereas 77.4% of students want to have an integrated teaching method. CONCLUSION: The majority of the students found the subject interesting but considered it difficult to understand. Further teaching methodologies must be improved to enhance the student's understanding of the subject. Better comprehension will also help in flourishing prosthodontics as a specialty. KEYWORDS: Teaching methodology, Prosthodontics, Effective learning, Assessment, Feedback
“…To achieve effective learning, teaching, and training, feedback is one of the most important factors that can bring fruitful outcomes with a positive attitude toward the learner's behavior. 1,2 The effectiveness of the curriculum may be best achieved by student feedback with mental compatibility and understanding between facilitators, learners, and stakeholders. 3 A dental student is most likely to learn through an efficient teaching mehodology.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…MCQs, SEQs, SAQs, OSCE, OSPE, workplace base assessment, Mini-CEX, DOPS, Portfolio, and Viva's voice are the common assessment tools being practiced in Pakistani institutes. 1,8 In most undergraduate dental education systems main focus is on the development of the contents of the course along with setting the examination pattern for assessment of students' performance. Previously, obtaining feedback from students for their learning improvement was not in focus.…”
OBJECTIVE: Teaching and learning methodologies have been a topic of concern for everyone for a decade. Dental education involves both academic and clinical understanding of subjects included in the curriculum. The study aims to determine the success of a system that could achieve the desired learning outcomes. METHODOLOGY: In this cross-sectional study 229 BDS students at five different dental colleges affiliated with the University of Health Sciences, Lahore responded to a predesigned structured questionnaire regarding the prosthodontic subject. Feedback on the Perception of students regarding prosthodontics as a subject was asked from BDS final year regular batch, before their university final exam. RESULTS: Most students found prosthodontics an interesting subject (82%). On enquiring about the level of difficulty of prosthodontics compared to other dental clinical subjects, 56.9% of students responded negatively. The majority were satisfied with the content (79.1%), delivery, and pace of the lectures (78.2%).85.4% of students reported lecture material was easy to follow and satisfactory. The highly reported useful method for learning and understanding prosthodontics was PowerPoint slides 69%, followed by group discussion 52.70%.MCQs as the mode of assessment reported positive by 75.70%, whereas 77.4% of students want to have an integrated teaching method. CONCLUSION: The majority of the students found the subject interesting but considered it difficult to understand. Further teaching methodologies must be improved to enhance the student's understanding of the subject. Better comprehension will also help in flourishing prosthodontics as a specialty. KEYWORDS: Teaching methodology, Prosthodontics, Effective learning, Assessment, Feedback
A better understanding of the Science of Dental materials as a subject depends upon theoretical knowledge and its clinical application. The multitude of teaching methodologies in the dental curriculum has been incorporated to determine learning outcomes. Objective: This study aimed to found the perception of BDS second-year students toward the subject of dental materials and evaluate the difficulty in learning and acquisition of concepts in this preclinical year. Methods: This cross sectional study was conducted among 130 students of BDS second year registered with University of Health Sciences, Lahore. Pre-designed questionnaire was used as research tool to determine the students’ perceptions towards teaching methodologies and understanding of dental Materials. Results: Only 53.7% of the students reported DM as an interesting subject. Satisfaction with content was 90% and delivery and pace of the lectures were reported at 79.3%. Majority of the student (86.8%) reported lecture materials easy to understand. The most useful method for learning and understanding this subject is group discussion 76.15%, followed by PowerPoint presentation 73.85%. The favored mode of assessment was MCQs (80%) followed by practical lab 66.93%. To improve learning 82.3% of the students recommended group discussion and integrated teaching method (77.6%). Conclusions: The majority of students found Dental material a difficult subject. A better understanding of this subject needs improvement in already applied teaching methodologies with an integrated teaching mode
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