Practical Guide to Undergraduate Medical Curriculum Alignment and Mapping

Mahzari, Moeber; AlNahedh, Taghreed; Ahmed, Altayeb Abdalla; Al Rumyyan, Ahmed; Shaban, Sami; Magzoub, Mohi Eldin

doi:10.2147/amep.s424815

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“…Therefore, it is recommended that the practical component of the curriculum and preclinical laboratory should prepare the student with the best clinical skills. Therefore, the curriculum’s efficiency should be evaluated to ensure that clinical outcomes align with educational outcomes [ 9 ].…”

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Evaluation of Students' Proficiency in Removing Gutta-Percha Prior to Fiber Post Placement: A Retrospective Study

Bafail,

Algarni,

Abuljadayel

et al. 2024

Cureus

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Introduction: This retrospective study focuses on dental students’ proficiency in removing gutta-percha during fiber post space preparation, which is important for maintaining apical seal integrity in endodontically treated teeth. Emphasizing the significance of preventing further reinfection. The primary objective of this study was to assess the proficiency of undergraduate dental students in the manipulation of gutta-percha during fiber post preparation, specifically focusing on the psychomotor skills involved. In addition, the study aims to determine the predictive value of these skills on the ultimate clinical outcomes of the procedure, with particular emphasis on variations attributable to tooth type. Materials and methods: The analysis encompassed 290 periapical radiographs obtained from endodontically treated teeth, all of which had undergone fiber post placement by undergraduate students at the College of Dentistry, Taibah University, Saudi Arabia. Postoperatively, the length of the remaining gutta-percha was measured by two experts in the field, and subsequent outcomes were classified into three categories: optimal, suboptimal, and inadequate, based on the extent of gutta-percha remaining. Results: Students showed optimal removal rates ranging from 33.3% to 73.1%. Among the studied sample, upper anterior teeth were the highest included teeth (n=117, 40%). Remarkably, lower anterior teeth were more prone to suboptimal and inadequate gutta-percha remaining lengths (n=24, 33%). However, the chi-square test revealed no statistically significant difference in students’ psychomotor skills while removing the gutta-percha and preparing the teeth to receive fiber posts across tooth types (p-value > 0.05). Conclusion: With the limitations of this study, more than half of the included cases show that undergraduate students of the College of Dentistry at Taibah University, Saudi Arabia, possess an optimum level of psychomotor skills in removing gutta-percha while preparing the teeth for receiving fiber posts. This study suggests enhancing the preclinical training of students by considering more training on different tooth types in relation to dental arches.

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Evaluation of Students' Proficiency in Removing Gutta-Percha Prior to Fiber Post Placement: A Retrospective Study

Bafail,

Algarni,

Abuljadayel

et al. 2024

Cureus

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Navigating Digital Tools in Hospitals: Practical Recommendations for New Users from a Qualitative Interview Study (Preprint)

Wosny,

Strasser,

Kraehenmann

et al. 2024

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BACKGROUND Digitalization of medical practices is an integral part of clinician’s daily life making it vital for medical practitioners to understand and effectively utilize digital tools in hospital settings. However, often clinicians express a lack of preparedness for their digital work environments. Especially new clinical end users, encompassing medical and nursing students, seasoned professionals transitioning to new healthcare environments, and experienced practitioners encountering new healthcare technologies, face critically intense learning periods with often lack of adequate time for learning digital tools, resulting in difficulties in integrating and adopting these into clinical practice. OBJECTIVE The goal of this study was to comprehensively collect advice from experienced healthcare professionals to guide new clinical end users on how to initiate their engagement with health information technologies within hospital settings. METHODS We conducted qualitative interviews with 52 healthcare professionals across Switzerland, representing 24 medical specialties from 14 hospitals, and performed inductive thematic analysis. RESULTS Ten themes emerged from the interview data, including 1) digital tool understanding, 2) peer-based learning strategies, 3) experimental learning approaches, 4) knowledge exchange and support, 5) training approaches, 6) innovative thinking, 7) the personal attitude towards technology, 8) critical thinking approaches, 9) dealing with emotions, and 10) the human focus. Subsequent ten recommendations with specific advice to new clinical end users on how to approach new healthcare technologies include 1) taking time to get to know and understand the tools you are working with, 2) proactively ask experienced colleagues, 3) simply try it out and practice, 4) know where to get help and information, 5) take sufficient training, 6) stay curious and think outside the box, 7) stay open-minded, 8) remain critically thinking and use your knowledge base, 9) overcome your fears, 10) never lose the human focus. CONCLUSIONS Our study emphasized the importance of comprehensive training and learning approaches for healthcare technologies based on the advice and recommendations of experienced healthcare professionals. Moreover, these recommendations have implications for medical educators and clinical instructors, advising on effective methods to instruct and support new end users, enabling them to proficiently utilize novel technologies. Therefore, we advocate for new clinical end users as well as medical educators to prioritize effective training and cultivating technological readiness to optimize information technology use in healthcare.

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Practical Guide to Undergraduate Medical Curriculum Alignment and Mapping

Cited by 2 publications

References 26 publications

Evaluation of Students' Proficiency in Removing Gutta-Percha Prior to Fiber Post Placement: A Retrospective Study

Evaluation of Students' Proficiency in Removing Gutta-Percha Prior to Fiber Post Placement: A Retrospective Study

Navigating Digital Tools in Hospitals: Practical Recommendations for New Users from a Qualitative Interview Study (Preprint)

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