Strides in Development of Medical Education

Assessment of the Opinion of Kerman Dentistry Students Iran about Training Method and Equipment in the Dental Radiology Department

Document Type : Brief report

Authors

Jahangir Haghani 1
Molouk Torabi 2
Armin Rafiee-Pour 3

1 Ph.D. in Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology, Associate Professor, Dental and Oral Diseases Research Center, Department of Radiology, School of Dentistry, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran

2 Ph.D. in Oral Pathology, Associate Professor, Dental and Oral Diseases Research Center, School of Dentistry, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran

3 Dentist, School of Dentistry, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran

Abstract
Background & Objective: Clinical training is of great importance in dentistry and has a direct impact on health of the society and treatment of patients The present study was conducted with the aim to obtain students point of views about facilities physical environment and training methods in the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology School of Dentistry of Kerman University of Medical Sciences Iran Methods: This descriptive and crosssectional study was conducted on dental students who had had passed at least 1 unit of radiology course The participants were selected through census sampling method The data collection tool was a questionnaire consisting of 28 items in 5 scales and a section on demographic information The 5 scales consisted of evaluation of equipment quality of education in terms of diagnosis skills quality of education in terms of clinical skills practical education on patients and miscellaneous questions The questionnaire was designed by the researchers and its validity and reliability were evaluated Data were analyzed in SPSS software using ttest and analysis of variance (ANOVA) All Pvalues of less than 005 were considered significant Results: Of the 146 respondents 432% were men and 568% were women The mean score of the questionnaire was 7624 ± 1442 from a total of 140 Overall students satisfaction was at a moderate level Students satisfaction level with practical training in different techniques and bone and dental fractures diagnosis using radiography was low In the students view the quantity and quality of radiography devices was inadequate There was no statistically significant association between different inputs in terms of satisfaction and the students gender Conclusion: The students in the present study were relatively satisfied with radiology courses However in their opinion the quantity and quality of radiology devices were low Thus the repairing and updating of the radiography devices is recommended

Keywords

opinion
Training
Radiology
Dental student
Kerman
Iran
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Strides in Development of Medical Education
Volume 12, Issue 4
2016
Pages 671-678

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