Undergraduate students' evaluation and reflections on a gerodontology programme

Abstract

study participants were strongly motivated towards the management of frail older adults and cognisant of the barriers and constraints of achieving a reasonable level of oral health. Gerodontology programmes should be adaptable in order to create the appropriate environment and address socio-emotional challenges experienced by students.

Self‐reported dental student stressors and experiences during the COVID‐19 pandemic

“…The anonymous questionnaire consisted of 13 questions with the aim of gathering both quantitative and qualitative data (Table 1). Most questions were closed‐ended, in the form of multiple‐choice questions, checklists, or Likert scales 18 . Also included were 3 open‐ended questions to allow the students to express themselves better and discuss any issues or topics that were not covered within the other questions.…”

Gerodontology in the dental school curriculum: A scoping review

“…[29][30][31][32] The majority of studies (10) used questionnaires or surveys to acquire data. [32][33][34][35][36][37][38][39][40] Two studies, both by Núñez et al, used semi-structured interviews, 41,42 while a further study collected bibliographical data and local information from a selected dental school. 43 Table 3 shows a summary of characteristics of the 15 studies included in the scoping review.…”

“…Fourteen articles assessed the content of the undergraduate dental curriculum relating to geriatric education [29][30][31][32][33][34][35][36][37][38][39][41][42][43] and four articles investigated attitudes, skills and knowledge of ageing or gerodontology. [38][39][40]42 Two of the studies involved dental students, 38,40 one study graduate dentists, 38,39 eight studies with dental school academic staff 31,[33][34][35][36][37]41,42 and four used dental school data. 29,30,32,43 The majority of studies were set in Europe with seven originating from European countries, 29,33,34,36,[38][39][40] three from South America, 35,41,42 two from North America, 30,37 two from Asia 32,…”

“…[38][39][40]42 Two of the studies involved dental students, 38,40 one study graduate dentists, 38,39 eight studies with dental school academic staff 31,[33][34][35][36][37]41,42 and four used dental school data. 29,30,32,43 The majority of studies were set in Europe with seven originating from European countries, 29,33,34,36,[38][39][40] three from South America, 35,41,42 two from North America, 30,37 two from Asia 32,43 and a further study from all five continents. 31 Five themes were highlighted in the studies including (1) gerodontology curriculum content, (2) attitudes, skills and knowledge of undergraduate dental students, (3) didactic teaching, (4) elective and compulsory teaching, and (5) extra-mural learning.…”

“…Response rates varied considerably between countries, and there were two studies with no reported response rate due to either lack of information detailed in the paper 41 or due to the design of the study not necessitating responses from a third party 31 (Table 5). Thirteen of the fifteen papers concluded that current gerodontology undergraduate curricula were inadequate [29][30][31][32][33][34][35][36][37][38][40][41][42] information regarding the content was difficult to gain due to poor response rates and lack of data.…”