The Effect of Distance Education Conducted during the COVID-19 Pandemic Period on the Psychomotor Skill Development of a Dental School Students.
Biomed Res Int
; 2022: 6194200, 2022.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1891958
ABSTRACT
Purpose:
This study compared the development of face-to-face (F2F) psychomotor skills vs. a modified online dental anatomy course during the COVID-19 pandemic.Methods:
The 9-HPT is regularly applied for the students' psychomotor skill assessment in the Faculty of Dentistry of Süleyman Demirel University. In the 2020-21 academic year, 92.2% of students who took the dental anatomy course in distance education voluntarily participated in this study (observation group). These data were compared with 34.6% of students who applied for 9-HPT in 2019-2020 in F2F education (control group). The Mann-Whitney U test and t-test were used for comparison. The significance level was taken as p < 0.05.Results:
Based on the dominant hand 9-HPT score, a positive change occurred in 81.8% of the F2F and 61.6% of the online education students. Based on both dominant and nondominant hand 9-HPT scores, a statistically significant difference between the change in scores according to the fall/spring term measurements was observed in both F2F and distance education (p < 0.001). However, the F2F-educated group students showed better psychomotor skill development than those exposed to the online-educated group in 9-HPT. The results showed statistical significance for both dominant and nondominant hands (p < 0.001).Conclusion:
The F2F education is the gold standard in psychomotor skill training; however, in cases where this approach cannot be realized, practical training protocols modified for online training may contribute to the motor development of students.
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MEDLINE
Main subject:
Education, Distance
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COVID-19
Type of study:
Experimental Studies
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Observational study
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Prognostic study
Limits:
Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
Biomed Res Int
Year:
2022
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
2022
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