Medical courses need to be tailored for dental students

Biomedical Courses Should Also Be Designed for Dental Students: The Perceptions of Dental Students

“…Research on dental education has shown that biomedical courses form an extensive part of the degree program [10]. Consistent with previous studies, we observed that students had difficulty recognising the relevance of joint biomedical courses for clinical work in dentistry [11,12], but when the link was clear, it increased their interest in the course content [7,8,10]. For example, courses that included pharmacology of antibiotics were graded more highly than courses covering embryology, molecular biology and genitals.…”

“…Studies have shown that dental students have felt themselves marginalised in the joint courses [7][8][9]21]. Our study demonstrated lost opportunities for interprofessional learning in dental education.…”

“…Recent research has shown that dental students were overwhelmed [7,8] and demotivated [6,9] by the abundance of biomedical study content, and emphasising the dental context could engage and enhance the dental curriculum [10]. Several studies have pointed out that dental students had difficulty recognising the link between biomedical courses and dental clinical practice [11,12].…”

Developing an Attitude Scale for Undergraduate Medical Biochemistry Education

“…Soyut konuların yoğun olarak yer aldığı bu derse karşı öğrencilerin olumsuz tutum geliştirdiği ifade edilmektedir (4 …”

“…Klinik öncesi dönemde somut olarak görüntülenebilen anatomi gibi derslerin yanı sıra soyut konuların yoğunlukta olduğu biyokimya gibi derslerde bulunmaktadır. Özellikle soyut konuların işlendiği bu derslere karşı öğrencilerin tutumlarının olumsuz olarak etkilendiği bilinmektedir (4). Fakat hastalıkların önlenmesi, tanısı ve tedavisinde vücut sıvı ve salgılarının incelendiği bunun ise biyokimya becerisi gerektirdiği bilinmektedir (5).…”