Comparative study of domestic and foreign course contents of oral biology and its teaching inspirations / 中华医学教育探索杂志

Here we introduced the teaching objectives, course contents and examination methods of oral biology in North America, Europe, Australia, Japan, Korea and other countries, compared the differences of oral biology courses among these schools, domestic and abroad, and we further analyzed the deep backgrounds or reasons of these differences. In brief, the oral biology education abroad is mainly for the graduate students, and the teaching target is improving the research ability of the students, in addition, the course contents varies a lot from school to school. Whereas in China, the teaching objects include both undergraduates and graduate students, the course aims to popularize the basic scientific knowledge of oral biology, and the course contents mostly depends on the uniform text books. The deep reasons of course differences might be related to different education systems and teaching targets. Our data will be helpful for the further improvement and future development of our domestic oral biology education.

Teaching and learning strategies of oral histology among dental students / Estrategias de enseñanza y aprendizaje de histología oral en estudiantes de odontología

Dental education is in a continuous state of development to adapt to the changing learning strategies of the millennial students. The introduction of electronic learning resources (ELR) is a good example, which has added immense value to the traditional methods of teaching oral histology. The main purpose of the study was to analyze the dental students' perception of learning oral histology the way it was taught. A pre-approved questionnaire survey was electronically distributed to 129 students who had completed the oral histology course. The majority of the students viewed oral histology course to be difficult and irrelevant to their dental career. Similarly, most of them preferred studying alone and used ELR in place of books and atlases. More than three quarters believed using a microscope in practical training sessions will make the oral histology course easier and more interesting. The results of this study will be used to formulate recommendations to be implemented in oral histology course.

La educación dental se encuentra en un estado de desarrollo continuo para adaptarse a las cambiantes estrategias de aprendizaje de los estudiantes milenios. La introducción de recursos de aprendizaje electrónico (RAE) es un buen ejemplo, el cual ha agregado un valor importante a los métodos tradicionales de enseñanza de histología oral. El objetivo principal del estudio fue analizar la percepción de los estudiantes de odontología de aprender histología oral de la forma en que se enseñó. Una encuesta de cuestionario preaprobada se distribuyó electrónicamente a 129 estudiantes que habían completado el curso de histología oral. La mayoría de los estudiantes consideraron que el curso de histología oral era difícil e irrelevante para su carrera dental. Del mismo modo, la mayoría de ellos preferían estudiar solos y usaban RAE en lugar de libros y atlas. Más de las tres cuartas partes creen que usar un microscopio en sesiones de capacitación práctica, permitiría que el curso de histología oral sea más fácil e interesante. Los resultados de este estudio se utilizarán para formular recomendaciones que se implementarán en el curso de histología oral.