Perceptions and experiences of Dentistry students regarding online education: A bibliographic review
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https://doi.org/10.22370/asd.2020.1.0.2627Keywords:
Online education, Dental students, Insights, Blended learningAbstract
Objective: To describe the experiences and perceptions that dental students have regarding online methodologies, according to scientific evidence.
Materials and Method: A search was performed using PubMed, Scopus, and Cochrane databases. The inclusion criteria comprehended publications of a maximum of 5 years of antiquity in English or Spanish, qualitative studies, clinical trials, cohort studies, observational and descriptive studies which examined the experiences and perceptions that dental students had regarding online education methods. Those articles that were not available in full text and those that were not relevant to the purpose of this research were excluded.
Results: 967 articles were obtained from the databases, and 22 remained after the elimination of duplicates (102), selection criteria applied (835), and those discarded because they were not in the full-text format or for being considered irrelevant to this research (8).
Conclusion: The experiences reported showed a very positive assessment of the students towards online methodologies. Nonetheless, these modifications must be incorporated gradually in dental schools. It cannot yet be considered as a replacement for traditional methods, but rather as a complement to them.
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