Marita R Inglehart, Karen P West, Rebecca Stolberg, Steven Krzanowski, Sonya Gyjuan Smith, Angelo Lee, Todd V Ester, Felicia L Tucker-Lively, Carlos S Smith, George W Taylor, Tawana K Ware, Rosa Chaviano Moran, M Nathalia Garcia, Rachel E Hogan, Ana N Lopez-Fuentes, Dennis A Mitchell, Scott B Schwartz
{"title":"The 2022 ADEA Climate Study in U.S. and Canadian Dental Schools and Allied Dental Programs: Methodological Considerations.","authors":"Marita R Inglehart, Karen P West, Rebecca Stolberg, Steven Krzanowski, Sonya Gyjuan Smith, Angelo Lee, Todd V Ester, Felicia L Tucker-Lively, Carlos S Smith, George W Taylor, Tawana K Ware, Rosa Chaviano Moran, M Nathalia Garcia, Rachel E Hogan, Ana N Lopez-Fuentes, Dennis A Mitchell, Scott B Schwartz","doi":"10.1002/jdd.13835","DOIUrl":"10.1002/jdd.13835","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>January 28, 2025: This article published in Early View in error. This article is under embargo and will republish in April.</p>","PeriodicalId":50216,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Dental Education","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2025-01-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143025713","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Effectiveness of E-Learning Method on Exodontia for Dental Students: A Theoretical Domain Framework Study.","authors":"Hassan Abed, Abrar Demyati","doi":"10.1002/jdd.13834","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/jdd.13834","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Aims: </strong>The study aimed to assess the impact of e-learning tools using teaching videos on dental extraction for dental students.</p><p><strong>Material and methods: </strong>Teaching videos on dental extraction were sent to each participating dental students. The theoretical domain framework (TDF) was used to assess dental students' self-reported behavior on dental extraction.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The response rate was 77%. Male students found teaching videos support their practice significantly in dental extraction by their skills, beliefs about capabilities, optimism, environment context and resources, social influences, and emotion (p-value <0.001 and <0.05). T-Test showed that male students reported significant improvement in the overall TDF compared to female students (male = 130.26 ± 21.4 vs. female = 115.09 ± 26.8, p-value = 0.007). Results showed that there are positive correlations between skills (r = 0.419), beliefs about capabilities (r = 0.511), optimism (r = 0.414), emotion (r = 0.411), beliefs about consequences (r = 0.314), reinforcement (r = 0.396), intentions (r = 0.322), goals (r = 0.329), memory, attention and decision process (r = 0.356), environment context and resources (r = 0.318), and social influences (r = 0.367) with students' satisfaction rate when practicing dental extraction after watching the teaching videos (p-value <0.001 and <0.05). The one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) test showed that students at higher levels have higher scores on the theoretical framework's domains as measured by the means on 10 domains out of 13 (p-value < 0.001).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Incorporating video-based teaching materials into the dental curriculum can be valuable in improving students' skills and proficiency in performing dental extractions.</p>","PeriodicalId":50216,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Dental Education","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2025-01-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143015003","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Juan José Pérez-Higueras, Juan José Hidalgo Arroquia, Lucía Gancedo-Caravia
{"title":"Rubric for peer evaluation of oral presentations: Use and perceptions among experienced and non-experienced students.","authors":"Juan José Pérez-Higueras, Juan José Hidalgo Arroquia, Lucía Gancedo-Caravia","doi":"10.1002/jdd.13831","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/jdd.13831","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>A properly designed rubric for oral presentations should be useful both to assess students' performance and to help them prepare for the task. However, its use and perceptions might be influenced by scholars' previous familiarization with rubrics during pre-university courses. The aim of this study was to evaluate how the previous experience of students in the use of rubrics can influence their assessment of oral presentations and to compare their ratings with those assigned by educators.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Eighty-six first-year undergraduate dentistry students were randomly distributed in teams to prepare oral presentations. A newly designed assessment rubric was presented to the students prior to the assignment. Six weeks later the students performed the presentations and were anonymously assessed with the rubric by their peers and seven educators (EDU). Students' perceptions towards the rubric as a learning and assessment tool were registered with an anonymous survey, which also recorded if they were familiar with the use of rubrics (experienced students, ES) or not (not-experienced students, NES). Assigned scores by NES, ES, and EDU were compared.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Sixty-seven students completed the survey. No differences were found in the scores assigned among experienced (41) and non-experienced students (26). Educators assigned significantly lower scores than students. ES and NES considered the rubric a complete easy to use and useful tool that helped them feel confident during assessment and performance.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Previous experience does not influence students' use and perceptions of the newly developed rubric, however, ratings assigned by students are not comparable to those of EDU.</p>","PeriodicalId":50216,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Dental Education","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2025-01-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143015025","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Herminio L Perez, Ana N Lopez Fuentes, Habib Benzian, Greg Chadwick, Maria Cristina Manzanares, Francisco Marichi, Barry Quinn, Dharini van der Hoeven, Linda C Niessen
{"title":"Global collaborations to change the paradigm of oral health education and care: 2024 ADEA Annual Session Chair of the Board Symposium, Proceedings.","authors":"Herminio L Perez, Ana N Lopez Fuentes, Habib Benzian, Greg Chadwick, Maria Cristina Manzanares, Francisco Marichi, Barry Quinn, Dharini van der Hoeven, Linda C Niessen","doi":"10.1002/jdd.13822","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/jdd.13822","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The 2024 ADEA Annual Session Chair of the Board Symposium titled, Global Collaborations to Change the Paradigm in Oral Health Education and Care, aimed to highlight innovative global education models in oral health. The symposium sought to identify and explore opportunities for collaboration with international partners to ensure sustainable healthcare education to improve the oral health workforce. Additionally, it focused on discovering and adapting innovative solutions and best practices to enhance access to oral health services worldwide.</p>","PeriodicalId":50216,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Dental Education","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2025-01-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143015024","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Transformation: It's all about climate.","authors":"Ryan L Quock, Nicole S Kimmes","doi":"10.1002/jdd.13830","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/jdd.13830","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":50216,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Dental Education","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2025-01-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143015028","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Shalizeh Patel, Amity L Gardner, John A Valenza, Karen F Novak, Tulsi Patel, Tala Hasbini, Robert D Spears, Arthur H Jeske, Anita R Joy-Thomas
{"title":"Kotter's change management approach to transforming oral healthcare delivery: A case study.","authors":"Shalizeh Patel, Amity L Gardner, John A Valenza, Karen F Novak, Tulsi Patel, Tala Hasbini, Robert D Spears, Arthur H Jeske, Anita R Joy-Thomas","doi":"10.1002/jdd.13823","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/jdd.13823","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Despite progress in research and technological advancements, the delivery of oral health care continues to be plagued by disparities in accessibility and affordability. Dental caries and periodontal disease remain major issues, and new challenges such as socioeconomic disparities and emerging public health dangers also contribute to the complexity of the issue. To address these challenges, dental education and oral healthcare delivery must shift their focus from disease treatment to disease prevention and health promotion.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This paper presents the framework for implementing such a change at the UTHealth Houston School of Dentistry (UTSD) in keeping with its vision of improving both oral and overall health.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>To achieve this goal, the change process was guided by Kotter's 8-stage change process, which has resulted in accomplishing various objectives, including specific curricular modifications and establishing a clinical Center for Health Promotion (CHP).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Overall, the change process at UTSD was a systematic and collaborative effort to move toward a comprehensive person-centered clinical care model focused on disease prevention and health promotion. This approach reflects the commitment of the institution to improve oral and overall health for its patient population and to prepare the next generation of oral health care providers who practice within a compassionate, integrated, person-centered framework.</p>","PeriodicalId":50216,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Dental Education","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2025-01-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142967195","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Elizabeth M Alpert, Michael A Friedman, Tara T Zhou, Claudia C Guillen, Luis Lopez, Jane R Barrow
{"title":"Interprofessional education and experiential learning: The nurse practitioner-dentist collaborative practice model.","authors":"Elizabeth M Alpert, Michael A Friedman, Tara T Zhou, Claudia C Guillen, Luis Lopez, Jane R Barrow","doi":"10.1002/jdd.13825","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/jdd.13825","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":50216,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Dental Education","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2025-01-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142958219","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Courtney Jatana, Katelyn Conley, Anika Moffitt, Fernanda Schumacher, Hany Emam
{"title":"Female dental students' perceptions on barriers and motivators in pursuing oral and maxillofacial surgery.","authors":"Courtney Jatana, Katelyn Conley, Anika Moffitt, Fernanda Schumacher, Hany Emam","doi":"10.1002/jdd.13826","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/jdd.13826","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>Although females represent more than half of US dental students, less than 10% are practicing oral surgeons. This study sought to identify barriers and motivators perceived by female dental students in their D1 and D4 years concerning a career in oral and maxillofacial surgery (OMS).</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This cross-sectional study used a single survey in 2023 sent to all US dental schools for female D1 and D4 students. Perceived barriers and motivating factors were rated on a scale from 0 to 5, 5 indicating the highest importance. For comparisons between D1 and D4, the data were analyzed using the Mann-Whitney test and adjusted for multiple correction using the Bonferroni method. All responses were pooled to identify statistically significant barriers and motivating factors.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Combined cohort barriers identified were time commitment (86.2%), family sacrifices (75.2%), long work hours (70.7%), and need to perform at top of class (64.6%). The important motivators were financial security (82.1%), scope (71.2%), respect (62%), and lifestyle after residency (51.4%). A statistically significant difference between groups was on the need to excel academically, with D1 students rating it more important (4.14/5) and D4's rating 3.51/5 (adjusted p-value = 0.02, which is less than 0.05). The responses for motivation to pursue OMS showed a significant difference, D1 rating it 3.81/5 and D4 rating it 3.26/5 (adjusted p-value = 0.03, which is less than 0.05).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>As the primary barriers identified relate to issues of time and personal sacrifice, it may be beneficial to enhance female mentorship and surgical clerkship opportunities for female dental students to address these issues.</p>","PeriodicalId":50216,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Dental Education","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2025-01-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142958218","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Bruna Perosso, Patrícia da Silva, Mateus de Azevedo Kinalski, Sinval Adalberto Rodrigues-Junior
{"title":"Anxiety, mental suffering, and bruxism in dental students in the COVID-19 postpandemic moment.","authors":"Bruna Perosso, Patrícia da Silva, Mateus de Azevedo Kinalski, Sinval Adalberto Rodrigues-Junior","doi":"10.1002/jdd.13827","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/jdd.13827","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>The COVID-19 pandemic was devastating, causing deaths, economic and social problems, and mental disorders in the lives of many people. After 3 years, the mental repercussions caused by the pandemic are unclear, especially in young adults. This study assessed the occurrence of mental disorders, anxiety, and bruxism in dental students during the postpandemic moment and determined the factors that influenced the occurrence of bruxism.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>The cross-sectional study enrolled 126 dental students. Sociodemographic information, COVID-19 experience, and remote teaching/learning were collected using questionnaires. Mental state and disorders were collected using the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI-T) and the Self-Reporting Questionnaire-20 (SRQ-20) of mental disorders. Bruxism was self-reported. Data were analyzed using chi-square test, bivariate and multivariate logistic regression (α = 0.05).</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Moderate anxiety manifested in 62.7% of the students. Common mental disorders and bruxism were identified in 35.7% and 59.5% of the students. The odds ratio for bruxism self-report was 6.44 (95% confidence interval [CI] 2.49-16.66) times higher for those who suffered economic impact during the pandemic and 2.39 (95% CI 1.04-5.47) times higher for those reporting anxiety during the pandemic. Bad sleep was also associated with the occurrence of bruxism.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>In the postpandemic period, dental students exhibited high rates of common mental disorders, anxiety, and bruxism. The increased occurrence of bruxism was linked to the economic impacts experienced during the pandemic, self-perceived anxiety during the pandemic, and poor sleep.</p>","PeriodicalId":50216,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Dental Education","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2025-01-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142958215","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}