scholarly journals PROFESSIONALLY-ORIENTED APPROACH TO PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT OF DENTAL STUDENTS OF THE CLINICAL DEPARTMENT: QUALITY OF PROFESSIONAL ORAL HYGIENE

2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (4) ◽  
pp. 177-184 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tat'yana Elovicova ◽  
Sergey Griroriev ◽  
Svetlana Ssablina ◽  
Dina Sorokoumova ◽  
Anna Yepishova ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Oral Hygiene ◽  
Personal Development ◽  
Dental Students ◽  
Professional Competencies ◽  
Practical Training ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Ultrasound Device ◽  
Clinical Department ◽  
Medical University

Subject. The main goal of the medical dental education is to prepare a responsible and qualified professional ready for self-determination and self-realization. Training of dental students in Medical University provides professional competencies in various medical specialties. Today, however, the social requirement is the realization of professional competencies of dentists in periodontology which is inseparable from regular professional oral hygiene. This study covers analysis and investigation of capability and preparedness of dental students to realize personal preventive, diagnostic and curing competencies at therapeutic consultations. Objective — to assess the quality of professional oral hygiene performed by the fifth-year students during practice (course “Periodontology”) for patients with chronic simple marginal gingivitis and mild periodontitis. Methodology. The students examined and treated 50 patients with chronic generalized simple marginal gingivitis (30 patients) and mild periodontitis (20 patients) in the age of 18—38, apparently healthy, both sexes. The patients were divided into 2 groups. All patients were subjected to professional oral hygiene — in the first group by the piezoelectric ultrasound device, in the second group by the combined method, both with hand tools and the piezoelectric ultrasound device [16]. The check inspection was made in a week. The results were measured by statistical methods. Results. Education of professional oral hygiene is carried out by the Department of Preventive Dentistry and Propedeutics of Dental Disease and is the basic component of professional course of disciplines. At practical training of the full-time course of the Faculty of Dentistry students learn medical procedures, solve real-life diagnostic and medical tasks. Conclusions. During study at the Ural State Medical University, the Clinical Department ensures professional socialization and personal development of dental students; it builds their necessary knowledge, skills, experience and qualities, as well as professional competencies and commitment to provide these services self-reliantly.

Educational STEM designing of virtual and real devices on the Arduino platform

2020 ◽  
pp. 17-27
Author(s):  
S. G. Grigoriev ◽  
M. V. Kurnosenko ◽  
A. M. Kostyuk
Keyword(s):  
Virtual Environments ◽  
Electronic Devices ◽  
Practical Training ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Stem Design ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Interdisciplinary Knowledge ◽  
Virtual Modeling ◽  
Surface Mounting

The article discusses possible forms of educational STEM projects in the field of electronics and device control using Arduino controllers. As you know, the implementation of such STEM projects can be carried out not only using various electronic constructors, but also using virtual modeling environments. The knowledge obtained during modeling in virtual environments makes it possible to increase the efficiency of face-to-face practical training with a real constructor, and to improve the quality of students’ knowledge. The use of virtual modeling environments in combination with the use of real constructors provides links between distance and full-time learning. A real constructors can be used simultaneously by both the teacher and the student, jointly practicing the features of solving practical problems. The article provides examples of using a virtual environment for preliminary prototyping of circuits available in the documentation for electronic constructors, to familiarize students with the basics of designing and assembling electronic circuits using the surface mounting method and on a breadboard, as well as programming controllers on the Arduino platform that control electronic devices. This approach allows students to accelerate the assimilation of various interdisciplinary knowledge in the field of natural sciences using STEM design.

Determination of criteria for assessing the quality of training future specialists for higher education

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ludmila Sokorutova ◽  
Natalia Prodanova ◽  
Inna Ponomareva ◽  
Oleg Volodin
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Personal Development ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Highly Qualified ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Survey Results ◽  
Professional Employee ◽  
Professional Fields

PurposeThe most important problem for higher education in the post-COVID period is the production of highly qualified specialists for the labor market. The purpose of this study is to determine effective criteria for assessing the quality of training of future specialists and the adequacy of their readiness to solve real problems of the future specialty.Design/methodology/approachA study was carried out among students in order to determine some of the most important characteristics of them as future specialists. Based on the survey results, non-academic indicators were identified that participants perceive as significant for a highly professional employee. The empirical study included 300 undergraduate students from four universities (66% women and 34% men aged 20–21). All participants represent full-time training.FindingsThe survey showed that the participants identified the ability to learn and personal development as the most significant personal qualities.Originality/valueMany criteria for assessing the quality of training of specialists in different professional fields have not been precisely defined. Several ways of solving this problem can be proposed: developing criteria for assessing quality in hiring; revising the methods of work of universities; presenting to students the criteria for development in the profession or adopting international criteria for assessing pedagogical quality.

scholarly journals A University-based Survey of Career Choices and Perspectives on Higher Education among Dental Students in United Arab Emirates.

2021 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 210-222
Author(s):  
Shishir Shetty ◽  
Raghavendra Shetty ◽  
Sangeetha Narasimhan ◽  
Sura Al-Bayati ◽  
Hossam Abdelmagyd ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
United Arab Emirates ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
Career Choices ◽  
Oral Surgery ◽  
Dental Students ◽  
Quality Of Education ◽  
Medical University ◽  
Dental Post

Background: Over the past decade, higher education has made significant progress in the Gulf Corporation Council Region (GCC) due to the promotion and investments made by the local governments. Medical and dental higher education has undergone massive transformation across all the universities in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) due to the implementation of innovative educational policies. Objectives: The objective of the survey was to determine the career choices and assess the perspectives on higher education among dental students of a medical university in the UAE. Methodology: Structured closed-ended survey questionnaire was provided to 377 respondents at a dental school of a private medical university in UAE. Results: The results of the survey revealed that 51% of the respondents wanted to pursue specialization in dentistry. Orthodontics (33%), endodontics (28%) and oral surgery (16%) were the most preferred branches for specialization. UAE was the most preferred destination for pursuing specialization. Quality of education and proximity to the family were the most common reasons for selecting UAE as the destination for specialization. 36% of the survey respondents wanted more dental post-graduate seats to be available in the UAE. 57% of the survey respondents felt that the cost of post-graduation is comparable to other countries. 64% of the survey respondents felt that Doctor of Philosophy(PhD) program should be offered by medical universities in the UAE. Conclusion: To conclude it can be stated that dental undergraduate students in the UAE prefer to pursue specialization in clinical branches like orthodontics, endodontics and oral surgery. Majority of the respondents prefer to pursue their specialization in the UAE due to the quality of education. Survey respondents felt that there was a need to offer more dental post-graduation and dental PhD programs by UAE universities.

scholarly journals A comparison of anterior teeth color among Polish, Saudi and Taiwanese students of dentistry

2016 ◽  
Vol 126 (3) ◽  
pp. 134-137 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mosa Alrifai ◽  
Hassan Alharby ◽  
Joanna Zubrzycka-Wróbel ◽  
Renata Chałas
Keyword(s):  
Dental Students ◽  
Tooth Color ◽  
Saudi Students ◽  
Patients Satisfaction ◽  
Anterior Teeth ◽  
Medical University ◽  
Esthetic Dentistry ◽  
Shade Guide

Abstract Introduction. Color of teeth is undoubtedly one of the most important factors considering patients’ satisfaction with the quality of their restoration, especially in the anterior region of the mouth. Therefore, the determination of color is an integral part of esthetic dentistry and therefore it should be given the highest importance in dentistry in order to achieve the esthetic requirements of patients. Aim. The aim of this study was to evaluate tooth color in 3 different ethnic groups and its relationship with gender and type of tooth using a clinical spectrophotometer. Material and methods. A total of 90 dental students of the Medical University of Lublin was divided into three groups of 30 each according to participant’s ethnicity, which was as follows: Polish, Saudi Arabian and Taiwanese. Then, different divisions were made according to gender as well as the type of teeth. The tooth color was identified by spectrophotometer. The data was statistically analyzed. Results. For the Vita Classical shade guide, A3.5 shade was the most frequently chosen in Taiwanese and Saudi students’ teeth. However, the most common shade observed for the anterior teeth of Polish students was A3. The most common shade among males was A3.5 and in females A3 was the most frequent shade. In all 360 central incisors, overall, the most common shades noticed were A2, D3 and C1. In all 360 lateral incisors, D3, A3 and A2 were the most frequent shades for this group of teeth. In all 360 canines, A3.5 and A3 were the most common shade with almost half of the number of canines in this study was measured with A3.5. Conclusions. Based on the performed preliminary research, it was observed that Polish students tend to have brighter teeth than Saudis which in turn have even brighter teeth than Taiwanese students. It was also noted that men are more likely to have darker shade values than women. Central incisors have higher values of tooth color than lateral incisors and canines.

scholarly journals SUCCESSFUL IMPLEMENTATION OF THE VOLUNTEER PROJECT “HAPPY SMILE” AT THE DENTAL FACULTY OF USMU AS A PART OF THE EDUCATIONAL PROCESS

2020 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 164-171
Author(s):  
Elena Svetlakova ◽  
Yuliya Mandra ◽  
Sergey Zholudev ◽  
Marina Haritonova ◽  
Anastasiya Kotikova ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Dental Health ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Professional Competencies ◽  
Successful Implementation ◽  
Oral Diseases ◽  
Preventive Program ◽  
Dental Diseases ◽  
Medical University

Subject. In 2017, the “Happy Smile” project was developed at the dental faculty of the Ural State Medical University and its active implementation began, during which teachers and students conduct preventive measures in educational institutions, shopping centers, hospitals of the city. The goal is to increase the literacy of the population in relation to the prevention of oral diseases, as well as the quality of life of the population by reducing the level of dental morbidity, the formation of professional and super-professional competencies of a modern graduate dentist. Methodology. According to WHO, the prevalence of dental diseases does not tend to decrease. An urgent task today is the development of programs and projects aimed at the health of the population. Results. In 2017, the staff of the Department of Therapeutic Dentistry and Propaedeutics of Dental Diseases of the Ural State Medical University took the initiative to create a Happy Smile preventive project at the faculty. The main objectives of the project were: the creation of a comprehensive preventive program covering all age groups of the population; carrying out activities aimed at updating the preservation and maintenance of dental health; improving the quality of medical (dental) education by involving students in medical volunteering; expansion of the territory of events to nearby cities of the Sverdlovsk region. Conclusions. Participation in the project forms significant professional and supra-professional competencies of students, which helps to improve the quality of training of future dentists. The involvement of students in the implementation of the project will increase their relevance in the labor market. Implementation of the project is a health-saving technology that reduces dental incidence in Yekaterinburg and the Sverdlovsk Region.

scholarly journals Quality test entrance examination for full-time second-level in Midwifery faculty – 5-year retrospective analysis

2016 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 22-26 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mariusz Panczyk ◽  
Jarosława Belowska ◽  
Henryk Rebandel ◽  
Joanna Gotlib
Keyword(s):  
Quality Parameter ◽  
Entrance Examination ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Specialist Care ◽  
Test Analysis ◽  
Entrance Exam ◽  
Minimum Requirements ◽  
Medical University ◽  
Selection Of

AbstractAim. Quality assessment of the test entrance examination used for selection of candidates for full-time second-level studies in Midwifery at the Medical University of Warsaw.Material and methods. Five grade-years of candidates (N = 335, 100% of women) who took the entrance exam for Midwifery between 2009/10 and 2013/14. Data collected was related to results of the test examination for studies (total score and scores divided into thematic blocks). Parameters of descriptive statistics were set. Ease and differentiating power of questions and reliability of tests were assessed (alpha-Cronbach). Discriminatory indexes for thematic blocks of the test were set. Calculations were performed in STATISTICA 12.5.Results. The most optimal selection of questions in terms of ease and differentiating power was recorded for the 2009/10 test. None of the editions of the exam met the minimum requirements for the internal consistency of measurement. The best results concerning the reliability of the measurement was observed for the 2009/10 test. Analysis of differentiating power of questions in thematic blocks indicates the diversity of this quality parameter. Very high differentiating index was recorded for the block of questions on specialist care in 2009/10 (0.535), and the lowest in 2013/14 exam (0.150).Conclusions. 1. It is necessary to improve the quality of exam questions in terms of difficulty and differentiating power. 2. Quality of subsequent editions of the admission examination should be monitored, in particular with regard to the control of the reliability of this qualifying tool.

LITERARY THEATER IN THE EDUCATIONAL PROCESS: EXPERIENCE OF THE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE AND TRAINING OF NON-PHILOLOGICAL SPECIALISTS

2019 ◽  
pp. 39-46
Author(s):  
О. Brovko ◽  
Т. Virchenko ◽  
R. Kozlov ◽  
О. Hruzdova ◽  
N. Rosinkevych
Keyword(s):  
Mass Communication ◽  
Personal Development ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Professional Competencies ◽  
Project Work ◽  
Survey Method ◽  
Modern World ◽  
Practical Training ◽  
University College ◽  
The University

Globalization processes along with a dynamic life inevitably set new challenges for universities. The content of educational programs should be oriented not only to meet the needs of society in the modern world, but also to be predicted for the future. The institution of higher education should be open to the needs of the labour market, innovations and public queries. When preparing a specialist in a particular field of knowledge, the university is supposed to lay the foundations for adoption of innovations, continuous education, etc. One of the means of realizing the set goals is the introduction of the practice-oriented training. The purpose of the research is to analyze the development of the introduction of the literary theater in the educational process of Boris Grinchenko University of Kyiv. For this purpose, the mission of the Center of Competences «Literary Theater», created at the Department of Ukrainian Literature and Comparative Studies of the Institute of Philology, has been presented; students’ expectations for conducting a series of practical classes at the Center have been studied by using the survey method; meaningful achievements of introduction of the elements of theater pedagogy into the educational process of the University College have been conceptualized; the experience of readings in the course «Theory of Mass Communication in Communication» has been presented. For studying practical experience, empirical methods of pedagogical research have been laid as a basis. The results of the questionnaire show that in the first year students prefer personal development rather than professional improvement. Most of the answers have to do with the fears students would like to overcome. That is why the work in the Center is designed in a way to facilitate the formation of not only professional competencies, but also interactive skills: organizational, communicative, perceptual, predictive, etc. As a result, it poses the effective implementation of the practice-oriented educational strategy of the institution. The project work has shown that it is important to take videos of performances and intermediate stages of work with the subsequent obligatory analyses of what has been shot by a camera. Given the experience of the University College in the preparation of theatrical excursions, it is worth considering the possibility of touring and festival performances of students as a source of experience in the formation of a specialist. Scenario reading of an unknown text by students is an optimal form of working with students of non-philological specialties. In most cases, staging is merely an element of a practical training; however, it plays its significant part in the building of professional competencies

scholarly journals Objective criteria for assessment of the quality of dental restorations improve student’s critics towards the treatment assignment: a randomized controlled trial

2018 ◽  
Vol 47 (3) ◽  
pp. 161-167
Author(s):  
Brenda MARMENTINI ◽  
Monique Vendruscolo CAROSSI ◽  
Larissa Luane Soder HENTZ ◽  
Sinval Adalberto RODRIGUES-JUNIOR
Keyword(s):  
Randomized Controlled Trial ◽  
Controlled Trial ◽  
Training Group ◽  
Dental Students ◽  
Wilcoxon Test ◽  
Practical Training ◽  
Randomized Controlled ◽  
Dental Restorations ◽  
Significant Difference

Abstract Introduction Objective parameters may help the decision of how to manage existing dental restorations in patients. Objective This study tested the following hypotheses: i) teaching objective criteria to dental students enhances their criticism toward the indication for replacement of dental restorations; and ii) a complementary practical approach enhances the proportion of correctly indicated treatments compared with a strictly theoretical approach. Method This block-randomized controlled trial involved dental students from a Brazilian university who were randomized to either a didactic/theoretical class group (A, control) or a didactic/theoretical class followed by practical training (group B); both conditions were applied in a moodle-based environment. The proportion of correctly indicated interventions before and after teaching the criteria was compared with using Mann–Whitney U-test (p<0.05), and a comparison between the approaches was established with Wilcoxon test (p<0.05). Result The baseline proportion of correct assignments significantly increased after interventions for both groups (p=0.02), with no significant difference between the interventions (p=0.871). Conclusion The proposed online training enhanced the proportion of correct assignments to restorations, confirming the first study hypothesis. The second hypothesis was rejected because differences between the strategies had no effect on the proportion of correct answers. Focusing on teaching objective criteria for assessment of the quality of restorations would enhance students’ ability to correctly treat them.

scholarly journals Questioning of Dental Students as a Means of Internal Monitoring of the Educational Process at the Department of Clinical Anatomy and Operative Surgery

2017 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Vasyl Kavyn ◽  
Yuriy Popovich ◽  
Volodymyr Fedorak ◽  
Ihor Bilinskuy ◽  
Stephan Romaniuk ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Dental Students ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Clinical Anatomy ◽  
Practical Training ◽  
Practical Skills ◽  
Topographic Anatomy ◽  
National Medical ◽  
Operative Surgery ◽  
Second Year ◽  
Medical University

The article has analyzed a questionnaire survey of second-year dental students of Ivano-Frankivsk National Medical University who completed the study course “Operative Surgery and Topographic Anatomy”. The questioning of students was conducted to assess the independent preparation of students for practical training as well as to clarify the students’ attitude to both the educational process at the Department of Clinical Anatomy and Operative Surgery and the mastering of practical skills. The dialogue with students through questioning allows to find out ways for the improvement of teaching the discipline “Operative Surgery and Topographic Anatomy” in the credit-transfer system of the educational process.

scholarly journals Simulation learning technologies in modern dental education: analysis of students’ opinions

2020 ◽  
Vol 47 (5) ◽  
pp. 135-146
Author(s):  
Elena V. Felker ◽  
◽  
Lilia A. Yachmeneva ◽  
Margarita A. Baroyan ◽  
Anna A. Zubkova ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Simulation Training ◽  
Dental Students ◽  
Learning Technologies ◽  
Hospital Environment ◽  
First Year ◽  
Practical Training ◽  
Practical Skills ◽  
General Desire ◽  
Simulation Center ◽  
Medical University

Simulation training in medicine opens up new horizons for students’ practical training, advanced training of practicing physicians, as well as systems for assessing the formation of competencies. The Dentist Laboratory, in which dental students start learning already in the first year of study, is successfully functioning in the Training Simulation Center (TSC) of Kursk State Medical University (KSMU). To study the satisfaction of students with the effectiveness of using simulation training in the formation of practical skills, after passing the test during on-the-job training, a voluntary anonymous survey of 110 fourth-year students of the Faculty of Dentistry of Kursk State Medical University was conducted. The questionnaire included a question pool for approval of the argument, and the overwhelming majority of the surveyed students recognize the clear advantages of using simulation technologies at all stages of medical education. 84% of the respondents noted that the reality of sensations when modeling clinical situations in the phantom class of KSMU is close to a real hospital environment. The respondents identified the required number of trainings they needed to confidently master the basic practical skills, as well as highlighted the disadvantages of simulation training in comparison with actual clinical practice. Analyzing the data obtained and taking into account the students’ general desire to increase the total number of trainings, the schedule of classes in the simulation class of KSMU was corrected.

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