Self‐perceived preparedness of undergraduate dental students in dental public universities in Malaysia: A national study

Yudin, Zainab Mat; Ali, Kamran; Ahmad, Wan Muhamad Amir W; Ahmad, Anisa; Khamis, Mohd Fadhli; Monteiro, Nur ‘Aliya Brian Graville; Aziz, Zeti Adura Che Ab; Saub, Roslan; Rosli, Tanti Irawati; Alias, Aliza; Hamid, Nor Faharina Abdul; Harun, Nor Asilah

doi:10.1111/eje.12480

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“…Nevertheless, there were several areas of weakness that require improvement especially those related to evidencebased practice. This conforms with studies performed in different worldwide institutions where evidencebased dentistry and critical appraisal skills were lacking [14,24,26,27]. We can still argue that the attitudes and knowledge of graduates may alter after embarking into the career world and their concerns might be overcome once they integrate into their practice.…”

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confidence: 85%

“…Our results show that self-perceived preparedness for graduating students was satisfactory for a wide range of affective skills and traits. Our students showed con dence in communication and continuous development, similarly to other studies [22,23,24,25]. Nevertheless, there were several areas of weakness that require improvement especially those related to evidencebased practice.…”

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confidence: 83%

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Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on dental academia. Students’ experience in online education and expectations for a predictable practice.

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Background: The quarantine associated with the COVID-19 pandemic forced dental schools to suspend their clinical training and to shift to distant learning methods. The aim of this study is to investigate the impact of COVID-19 quarantine on the preparedness of dental graduates and to explore the efficacy and limitations of online education from students’ perspectives. Methods: the questionnaire distributed to dental students comprised of two main sections; first part covered the online education experience and the second part measured the level of preparedness for a range of cognitive, communication and professional skills. Results: the survey yielded a response rate of 72%. The majority of students (77%) agreed that they missed educational experiences as a result of the lockdown. More than half of them felt less motivated in following-up with distant e-learning and believed that online assessment is not a good method for evaluation. A high percentage of the students (66%) thought that online group discussions has a positive value whilst 67% preferred online lectures compared to theatre lectures. Majority of students particularly 5th year (78.7%) (p<0.001) stated that the quarantine increased their collaboration with their colleagues. According to 87% of students, the experience most negatively affected was their clinical training.In general, students showed satisfactory preparedness related to a range of attributes and professional skills, however, nearly two-thirds of them prefer to be mentored and favor a structured year of residence. Conclusions: Data showed that students partially appreciated the online system, whereas they did not consider it a substitute for face to face clinical practice. The overall preparedness level was promising, however, some skills regarding evidence-based practice need consolidation. Students had reservations regarding independent practice following graduation.

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confidence: 83%

Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on dental academia. Students’ experience in online education and expectations for a predictable practice.

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AlHadidi

Alraheam

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“…This finding is consistent with studies from other medical sub-fields [21][22][23]. It is possible that students have difficulty reading scientific papers, and this can be attributed to several factors, including unfamiliar terminology or research techniques in scientific papers, difficulty understanding statistics, having to wade through numerous papers to find the information, and inadequate training to identify the clinical application of knowledge gained from scientific journal articles [22,24]. Earlier studies have also stated that dental students lack resources for retrieving evidence-based information, which is a barrier for moving into this direction [13][14][15].…”

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Information Retrieval and Awareness about Evidence-Based Dentistry among Dental Undergraduate Students—A Comparative Study between Students from Malaysia and Finland

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Background: A fundamental skill in education includes the ability to search for, evaluate, and synthesize information, and this cannot be underestimated in dental education. The aim of this study was to assess how dental students from Malaysia and Finland acquire scientific information and to compare their information retrieval skills. Methods: Fourth and fifth-year dental students from Malaysia and Finland were invited to participate. A self-administered structured questionnaire including items about the use of information sources, subjective assessment of literature retrieval skills and knowledge was used. Results: A total of 226 dental students participated in the survey: 131 from Malaysia and 95 from Finland. In both countries, the highest interest for data retrieval among students was found in the oral surgery specialty. The three most used sources of information among Malaysian students were personal lecture notes, dental textbooks, and colleagues; while Finnish students used colleagues, lecture notes, and current clinical guidelines. Students’ knowledge of evidence-based practice was inadequate in both student groups. Though the majority of participants reported that they had good or passable skills in literature retrieval, more students from Finland judged themselves to have at least good skills compared to those from Malaysia. Conclusion: Dental education in both countries includes information retrieval studies and mandatory research projects. However, students did not often use those sources that are considered essential in evidence-based dentistry. Universities should further develop educational and training interventions that guide students to use knowledge resources more effectively for critically appraising scientific evidence.

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“…The range of the TPS for all the participants is 69-120 from a 0-120 scale with a mean of 97.2 is considered satisfactory and slightly higher than what Yudine (2019) reported about the self-perceived preparedness of undergraduates dental students in Malaysia, where they found a total score ranges from 48-100 from a 0-100 scale with a mean score of 79.56. 23 . Differences in TPS were noticed between the classes.…”

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“…Those results suggest that dental graduates of University of Jordan are well prepared to perform the basic general dentistry procedures and that their general con dence is very good and comparable to the other dental schools around the world. 7,23,26,27 Around 60% of the participants reported that COVID-19 had some to severe impact on the level of con dence in performing general dentistry procedures. The lockdown that happened due to COVID-19 lead to almost two months loss of performing general dentistry.…”

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Self-perceived preparedness of dental school graduates and the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on their confidence

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BackgroundTo study self-perceived preparedness of dental school graduates and the impact of COVID-19 on their preparedness.MethodAn online survey was designed and sent electronically to students who are graduating in 2020, dentists who graduated in 2019 and doing their prelicensure training, and dentists who graduated before 2019. Four- point Likert scale was used to assess participants’ perception.Results209 participants responded to the online questionnaire. The mean total preparedness score (TPS) for the 209 participants was 97.6 (SD ± 9.7) with a range of 69 to 120. The mean TPS of the different classes of participants was 99.5 for the class graduated before 2019, 98.1 for the 2020 class, and 95.1 for the 2019 class. Participants felt they are confident and extremely confident doing the majority of the required competencies. Weakness was mainly reported in surgical extraction for 2020 graduates due to the 8 weeks loss of their training. COVID-19 has considerable impact on 59.7% of the participants and marginal to no impact on 40.3%. The highest prevalence of those who thought it had some to severe impact on their confidence were those who graduated in year 2019 (73.4%). Of the participants 95.2% agreed that problem-based learning is a good educational tool and 58.5% agreed that competency-based assessment is a good educational and grading tool.ConclusionsThe graduates of University of Jordan felt confident in performing the majority of general dentistry procedures. COVID-19 pandemic negatively impacted the confidence of all the classes of participants even those graduated before 2019.

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Self‐perceived preparedness of undergraduate dental students in dental public universities in Malaysia: A national study

Cited by 27 publications

References 23 publications

Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on dental academia. Students’ experience in online education and expectations for a predictable practice.

Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on dental academia. Students’ experience in online education and expectations for a predictable practice.

Information Retrieval and Awareness about Evidence-Based Dentistry among Dental Undergraduate Students—A Comparative Study between Students from Malaysia and Finland

Self-perceived preparedness of dental school graduates and the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on their confidence

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