Exploring the Ways in which Generation-Z Dental Students Learn and How this Could Impact Dental Foundation Training

Abstract

This article explores the ways in which Generation-Z dental students learn currently, how this compares with previous generations, and how this may influence the ways in which future generations of dentists will practise. The opinions discussed are those of current fourth year dental students at the University of Sheffield, who delve into what their university learning experience has entailed so far, alongside sharing their feelings towards current methods of teaching. In this way, a student-centred insight is offered into the way Generation-Z students are learning dentistry, and how general dental practices (GDPs) may take account of this in dental foundation training (DFT).