Fatemeh Sadat Sajadi; Zahra Salari; MohadeseSadat TabatabaeiRad; Ali Abedi; Reyhaneh Aftabi
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Background: Self-assessment (SA) means assessing or judging efficiency, and identifying strengths and weaknesses to improve learning outcomes.Objectives: The present study aims to investigate the knowledge, and attitude of the students of Kerman Dental Faculty regarding practical self-assessment skills.Methods: ...
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Background: Self-assessment (SA) means assessing or judging efficiency, and identifying strengths and weaknesses to improve learning outcomes.Objectives: The present study aims to investigate the knowledge, and attitude of the students of Kerman Dental Faculty regarding practical self-assessment skills.Methods: This cross-sectional descriptive-analytic study included 220 residents, and general students of Kerman Faculty of Dentistry. Data was collected using a questionnaire consisting of two parts. In the first part, the demographic information was recorded. The second part questioned students' knowledge and attitude toward practical self-assessment skills. The intra-class coefficient and content validity index of the questionnaire were 0.72 and 0.83, respectively. Data were analyzed using a T-test, analysis of variance, and multivariate regression in SPSS 21 software. P-value<0.05 was considered as the statistical significance level.Results: The results indicated that the average score of questionnaire was 44.45 ± 6.58 for women and 42.60 ± 5 for men, which was significantly higher in the female students (P-value=0.02). Moreover, the average score of residents was 46.4±6.21, considerably higher than general students (42.99 ± 5.80) (P value = 0.01). Finally, the average score of students at public colleges was equal to 44.48 ± 6.10, higher than that to those studying at private colleges (41.56 ± 5.35) (P-value = 0.01), which shows better self-assessment skills.Conclusion: The study highlights the critical role of self-assessment skills to improve the dental students learning ability, performance, and independency. Moreover, it is recommended that regular self-assessment skills be considered significantly in dentistry curricula.
Fatemeh Sadat Sajadi; Marzieh Pirzadeh-Ashraf; Ali Eskandarizadeh; Mohammad Izadi
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Background: Assessment plays a great role in encouraging learning and evaluating whether the learning objectives have been achieved.Objectives: This study aimed to assess the knowledge and attitudes of dental faculty members toward Patient Management Problem (PMP) and Multiple-Choice Question (MCQ) tests.Methods: ...
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Background: Assessment plays a great role in encouraging learning and evaluating whether the learning objectives have been achieved.Objectives: This study aimed to assess the knowledge and attitudes of dental faculty members toward Patient Management Problem (PMP) and Multiple-Choice Question (MCQ) tests.Methods: In this descriptive-analytic cross-sectional study, a questionnaire was used to collect information from 54 faculty members of the dental school of Kerman University of Medical Sciences from 2019 to 2020. This study’s questionnaire consisted of two parts: the first part included demographic information, and the second included questions related to the faculty members' knowledge (10 questions) and attitudes (8 questions) towards MCQ and PMP tests. Cronbach’s alpha was considered to be 0.8. Content validity was assessed to determine the validity of the questionnaire. SPSS 20 was used to analyze the data, which included descriptive statistics such as percentage, mean, and standard deviation, as well as non-parametric tests such as the Kruskal-Wallis and linear regression tests.Results: Fifty four dentistry faculty members returned the completed questionnaires in this study. Amongst them, 34(63%) were female, and 20(37%) were male. The mean scores of the knowledge and attitudes questionnaire toward the MCQ and PMP tests were 7.20 and 27.83, respectively. The Mean scores of the knowledge and attitudes had no significant relationship with age, gender, and teaching experience.Conclusion: Based on the results, it can be concluded that the dental faculty members had good knowledge about MCQs and PMPs structures and their strengths and weaknesses. There was also a good awareness of the shortcomings of the MCQ test in the assessment of clinical reasoning and the lack of transparency of this assessment tool.
Fatemeh Sadat Sajadi; Mostafa Shokoohi; Shahla Kakoei; Farid Sheikhi
Volume 10, Issue 2 , August 2013, , Pages 166-174
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Background & Objective: In the 21 century using computers and the internet are necessary Computers and internet provide professors and students with the possibility of accessing scientific information very quickly The aim of this study was the evaluation of skills and use of computer and internet ...
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Background & Objective: In the 21 century using computers and the internet are necessary Computers and internet provide professors and students with the possibility of accessing scientific information very quickly The aim of this study was the evaluation of skills and use of computer and internet among professors and postgraduate and undergraduate students in Kerman University of Medical Sciences School of Dentistry Methods: In this crosssectional and descriptiveanalytic study a questionnaire was given to 51 professors 42 postgraduate and 241 undergraduate dental students of Kerman University of Medical Sciences After completing the questionnaires data were analyzed using chisquare test Results: Statistical analysis showed that the rate of access to computers at home and universities among professors and post and undergraduate students was 882% 847% 854% respectively 98% of professors 95% of postgraduates and 94% of undergraduate students use the internet The most rate of computer use was 052 hours during the day 874% of professors 714% of postgraduates and 71% of undergraduate students do not need education for using the internet Professors and assistants use of computers for academic activities was higher than students Conclusion: Skills and use rate of computers and internet was higher in professors in comparison with other groups and there were no statistically significant difference between men and women in three groups
Hamid Reza Poureslam; Fatemeh Jahanimoghadam; Fatemeh Sadat Sajadi; Elham Farokhgisor; Lily Shafiee; Ali Barkhori
Volume 10, Issue 1 , May 2013, , Pages 36-41
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Background & Objective: Behavior management of preschool children and disabled children is a challenge for dental students and dentists in dental clinics This challenge affects the quality and quantity of the treatment options and in some cases the parents are not satisfied with the treatments This ...
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Background & Objective: Behavior management of preschool children and disabled children is a challenge for dental students and dentists in dental clinics This challenge affects the quality and quantity of the treatment options and in some cases the parents are not satisfied with the treatments This study was conducted to evaluate the efficacy of dental treatment under sedation and general anesthesia as a novel method in improvement of quality and quantity of education of dental students This was achieved by the evaluation of acceptance and satisfaction of the parents of pediatric patients Methods: In this descriptive and crosssectional study in Kerman School of Dentistry Iran 30 children and adolescents 45 to 16 years of age who had not been admitted to the dental clinics received dental treatments under general anesthesia and by use of nitrous oxide at the department of pediatric dentistry Then the acceptance and satisfaction of their parents were evaluated by a questionnaire The data were analyzed by SPSS 16 software and descriptive statistic methods Results : The data showed more than 80% of the parents were satisfied and believed that their children did not have anxiety in comparison to previous visits (96% of them gave 810 scores) Most treatments were tooth restoration and tooth extraction Conclusion: This procedure as a novel educational method is comfortable for pediatric patients and satisfies their parents so it is recommendable for educational dental clinics
