Challenges Faced in Teaching and Learning during Clinical Years of Dentistry amidst the Covid-19 Pandemic

2021 ◽  
Vol 15 (9) ◽  
pp. 2253-2256
Author(s):  
Ahmad Liaquat ◽  
Komal Atta ◽  
Rehan Ahmad Khan
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Clinical Teaching ◽  
Clinical Skills ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Faculty Members ◽  
Online Forums ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Abrupt Shifts

Background: COVID-19 has had unprecedented effects in all disciplines of life, across the world. Nationwide shutdowns and uncertainty of reopening educational institutes have raised concerns about the smooth continuity of the education system. Sudden and abrupt shifts to online learning poses significant challenges for dental and medical schools everywhere. Aim: This cross-sectional study explores the challenges faces by students and faculty of Undergraduate Dentistry in clinical years. Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted from 6th April to 5th May 2020. Two structured questionnaires (for faculty and third, final year BDS students respectively) were designed and validated. Data analysis was performed using SPSS 21, descriptive statistics were applied and frequencies were calculated for various responses Results : Thirty-three (94.3%) faculty members and 161 (95.3%) students expressed that COVID-19 was disrupting the teaching and learning of the clinical years of dentistry, while 16 (45.7%) said clinical teaching had been disturbed more than knowledge-based teaching. According to the students and faculty members, applications like WhatsApp and Zoom were inadequate for developing clinical skills. Conclusion: Clinical teaching and learning of Dentistry have been considerably disrupted by the Corona Virus. Social media applications such as WhatsApp and Zoom are the most commonly used mode for knowledge transfer but are not adequate platforms for clinical skills needed to gain competence in clinical dentistry. The ability of teaching and accessing mandatory clinical skills using online forums is a major concern and needs to be addressed as soon as possible. Keywords: E-learning, COVID-19 and dental teaching, social media teaching

scholarly journals Attitudes of Health Professional Educators Toward the Use of Social Media as a Teaching Tool: Global Cross-Sectional Study

2017 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. e13 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karan D'Souza ◽  
Lucy Henningham ◽  
Runyu Zou ◽  
Jessica Huang ◽  
Elizabeth O'Sullivan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Health Professional ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Teaching Tool ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Professional Educators ◽  
Use Of Social Media

scholarly journals The relationship between social media use, eating attitude and body mass index among nutrition and dietetic female students: A cross-sectional study

2021 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
pp. 78-86
Author(s):  
Fatma Esra Güneş ◽  
Şule Aktaç ◽  
Dicle Kargin
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Eating Attitudes ◽  
Female Students ◽  
Eating Attitude ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Abnormal Eating Attitudes ◽  
Abnormal Eating ◽  
The Relationship

Introduction: This study aimed to investigate the relationship between media using habits, frequency and duration, and body mass index on eating attitudes. Material and methods: The cross-sectional study was conducted with female students who received nutrition and dietetics education in Istanbul. A questionnaire consisting of a socio-demographic questionnaire, Eating Attitude Test (EAT-40), and Social Media Attitude Scale was applied to 1248 female volunteers by the face-to-face interview method.Results: It was found that 35.7% of the participants had abnormal eating attitudes and 89.6% showed a positive attitude towards social media. 93.7% of the group with abnormal eating attitudes indicated a positive attitude towards social media, 0.4% had a negative attitude and the difference was statistically significant (p=0.001). It was observed that a significant difference between EAT-40 and thought of an eating problem, having a social media membership, and spending time on social media (p<0.05).Conclusions: Social media have an effect on nutrition dietetics students on abnormal eating attitude; it did not show a significant effect on BMI.

Social media use and parent–child relationship: A cross‐sectional study of adolescents

2020 ◽  
Vol 48 (3) ◽  
pp. 793-803 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hugues Sampasa‐Kanyinga ◽  
Gary S. Goldfield ◽  
Mila Kingsbury ◽  
Zahra Clayborne ◽  
Ian Colman
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Media Use ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Parent Child Relationship ◽  
Social Media Use ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Child Relationship ◽  
Parent Child

Adolescents with chronic disease and social media: a cross-sectional study

2020 ◽  
Vol 105 (8) ◽  
pp. 744-748 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laura De Nardi ◽  
Andrea Trombetta ◽  
Sergio Ghirardo ◽  
Maria Rita Lucia Genovese ◽  
Egidio Barbi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Chronic Disease ◽  
Descriptive Analysis ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Diabetes Mellitus Type 1 ◽  
Social Dimension ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Social Media Platforms ◽  
Inflammatory Bowel

ObjectiveThis study aims to explore the attitude of adolescents with chronic diseases toward social media exposure, focusing in particular on Facebook.DesignCross-sectional study.SettingAn anonymous semistructured survey was distributed to an Italian hospital-based cohort of adolescents with chronic disease to explore the role of Facebook in their daily life.PatientsWe recruited 212 adolescents (aged between 13 and 24 years) with a diagnosis of inflammatory bowel disease, coeliac disease, diabetes mellitus type 1 and cystic fibrosis.ResultsTwo hundred and seven of the 212 (97.6%) expressed the need of sharing their illness experience with friends, 201 out of 212 (94.8%) usually searched information on the internet to find new therapies and to discover their prognosis. One hundred and forty-nine out of 212 adolescents (70.3%) perceived dependence on their parents as the most negative aspect of having a chronic disease, and 200 out of 212 (94.3%) were looking for friends with the same disease on Facebook. Two hundred and ten out of 212 (99.1%) did not want their doctors or nurse on their social media platforms. During the active disease periods, the time spent with social media increased from an average of 5 to 11 hours.ConclusionsThis descriptive analysis focused on the Facebook impact on chronic disease perception among affected adolescents. It showed that they used to spend an increased amount of time on this platform during disease flare-up and highlighted their wish of keeping doctors and nurses away from their social dimension.

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