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Proposal of e-learning strategy to teach Atraumatic Restorative Treatment (ART) to undergraduate and graduate students
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2014Registro en:
BMC Research Notes. 2014 Jul 17;7(1):456
10.1186/1756-0500-7-456
Autor
Camargo, Lucila Basto
Raggio, Daniela Prócida
Bonacina, Carlos Felipe
Wen, Chao Lung
Mendes, Fausto Medeiros
Bönecker, Marcelo Jose Strazzeri
Haddad, Ana Estela
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Resumen
Abstract
Background
The aim of this study was to evaluate e-learning strategy in teaching Atraumatic Restorative Treatment (ART) to undergraduate and graduate students. The sample comprised 76 participants—38 dental students and 38 pediatric dentistry students—in a specialization course. To evaluate knowledge improvement, participants were subjected to a test performed before and after the course.
Results
A single researcher corrected the tests and intraexaminer reproducibility was calculated (CCI = 0.991; 95% IC = 0.975–0.996). All students improved their performances after the e-learning course (Paired t-tests p < 0.001). The means of undergraduate students were 4.7 (initial) and 6.4 (final) and those of graduate students were 6.8 (initial) and 8.2 (final). The comparison of the final evaluation means showed a statistically significant difference (t-tests p < 0.0001).
Conclusions
The e-learning strategy has the potential of improving students’ knowledge in ART. Mature students perform better in this teaching modality when it is applied exclusively via distance learning.