An Appraisal of Dental Students' Perception of Integrating Reflective Practice into the Curriculum: A Pre-Post Intervention Study.

Nagla'a Abdel-Wahed, Hanadi Sabban, Hanadi Khalifa, Khadijah Turkistani
{"title":"An Appraisal of Dental Students' Perception of Integrating Reflective Practice into the Curriculum: A Pre-Post Intervention Study.","authors":"Nagla'a Abdel-Wahed, Hanadi Sabban, Hanadi Khalifa, Khadijah Turkistani","doi":"10.5005/jp-journals-10024-3798","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Aim: </strong>To evaluate dental students' perception of reflective practice before and after an educational intervention. Second, to investigate how it might be more effectively incorporated into dental education.</p><p><strong>Materials and methods: </strong>A 2-hour session for reflective writing instructions was done as a group discussion and feedback between the instructor and the learners. A template for reflection based on Gibbs' reflective cycle was used. Fifty-one third-year dental students (academic year 2023-2024) participated in this study. Forty-four students consented and filled out an anonymous pre-session electronic survey. The survey comprised two parts including demographics (two questions) and reflective skills related part (11 questions). Twenty-nine students consented and filled out an anonymous post-session electronic survey. The survey included the same parts as the previous, as well as added opinion-related questions (2 questions).</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Reflective practice was significantly appreciated among students who thought it was \"extremely important\" for dental education (<i>n</i> = 22, 75.8%). Moreover, most students (<i>n</i> = 17, 58.6%) believed it should be \"completely integrated\" into the curriculum. The methods applauded for reflective practice were group discussion (<i>n</i> = 23, 79.3%), reflective writing journal (<i>n</i> = 19, 65.5%), and an online platform (<i>n</i> = 8, 27.6%). There was a statistically significant difference in the evaluation of dental students' perception of reflective practice before and after the session, favoring progress in reflective skills related to their capacity for self-assessment, reflection-on-action, and peer learning. Pre-session sex disparity was resolved after the session.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Dental students' perception of reflective practice enhanced after the educational intervention, and they favored its integration into the curriculum by organized group discussion.</p><p><strong>Clinical significance: </strong>This study supports the growing consensus that establishing reflective practice is a necessary element of becoming a healthcare professional and the recognition of reflective practice as part of continuous professional development for dental professionals. How to cite this article: Abdel-Wahed N, Sabban H, Khalifa H, <i>et al</i>. An Appraisal of Dental Students' Perception of Integrating Reflective Practice into the Curriculum: A Pre-Post Intervention Study. J Contemp Dent Pract 2024;25(12):1084-1091.</p>","PeriodicalId":35792,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Contemporary Dental Practice","volume":"25 12","pages":"1084-1091"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Journal of Contemporary Dental Practice","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.5005/jp-journals-10024-3798","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q3","JCRName":"Dentistry","Score":null,"Total":0}
引用次数: 0

Abstract

Aim: To evaluate dental students' perception of reflective practice before and after an educational intervention. Second, to investigate how it might be more effectively incorporated into dental education.

Materials and methods: A 2-hour session for reflective writing instructions was done as a group discussion and feedback between the instructor and the learners. A template for reflection based on Gibbs' reflective cycle was used. Fifty-one third-year dental students (academic year 2023-2024) participated in this study. Forty-four students consented and filled out an anonymous pre-session electronic survey. The survey comprised two parts including demographics (two questions) and reflective skills related part (11 questions). Twenty-nine students consented and filled out an anonymous post-session electronic survey. The survey included the same parts as the previous, as well as added opinion-related questions (2 questions).

Results: Reflective practice was significantly appreciated among students who thought it was "extremely important" for dental education (n = 22, 75.8%). Moreover, most students (n = 17, 58.6%) believed it should be "completely integrated" into the curriculum. The methods applauded for reflective practice were group discussion (n = 23, 79.3%), reflective writing journal (n = 19, 65.5%), and an online platform (n = 8, 27.6%). There was a statistically significant difference in the evaluation of dental students' perception of reflective practice before and after the session, favoring progress in reflective skills related to their capacity for self-assessment, reflection-on-action, and peer learning. Pre-session sex disparity was resolved after the session.

Conclusion: Dental students' perception of reflective practice enhanced after the educational intervention, and they favored its integration into the curriculum by organized group discussion.

Clinical significance: This study supports the growing consensus that establishing reflective practice is a necessary element of becoming a healthcare professional and the recognition of reflective practice as part of continuous professional development for dental professionals. How to cite this article: Abdel-Wahed N, Sabban H, Khalifa H, et al. An Appraisal of Dental Students' Perception of Integrating Reflective Practice into the Curriculum: A Pre-Post Intervention Study. J Contemp Dent Pract 2024;25(12):1084-1091.

查看原文
分享 分享
微信好友 朋友圈 QQ好友 复制链接
本刊更多论文
求助全文
约1分钟内获得全文 去求助
来源期刊
Journal of Contemporary Dental Practice
Journal of Contemporary Dental Practice Dentistry-Dentistry (all)
CiteScore
1.80
自引率
0.00%
发文量
174
期刊介绍: The Journal of Contemporary Dental Practice (JCDP), is a peer-reviewed, open access MEDLINE indexed journal. The journal’s full text is available online at http://www.thejcdp.com. The journal allows free access (open access) to its contents. Articles with clinical relevance will be given preference for publication. The Journal publishes original research papers, review articles, rare and novel case reports, and clinical techniques. Manuscripts are invited from all specialties of dentistry i.e., conservative dentistry and endodontics, dentofacial orthopedics and orthodontics, oral medicine and radiology, oral pathology, oral surgery, orodental diseases, pediatric dentistry, implantology, periodontics, clinical aspects of public health dentistry, and prosthodontics.
期刊最新文献
An Appraisal of Dental Students' Perception of Integrating Reflective Practice into the Curriculum: A Pre-Post Intervention Study. Assessment of Treatment Outcomes with Complete Orthograde Obturation with Bioceramic Materials: A Scoping Review. Clinical Evaluation of Bulk-fill Alkasite Restoration vs Resin-modified Glass Ionomer in Class V Carious Lesions: 1-year Randomized Clinical Trial. Comparative Evaluation of Effectiveness of Reciprocating and Rotary Files in Children: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. Comparative Evaluation of Efficacy of Resin-modified Glass Ionomer Cement and Light-curable Tricalcium Silicate Cement as Indirect Pulp Capping Materials: A Randomized Clinical Trial.
×
引用
GB/T 7714-2015
复制
MLA
复制
APA
复制
导出至
BibTeX EndNote RefMan NoteFirst NoteExpress
×
×
提示
您的信息不完整,为了账户安全,请先补充。
现在去补充
×
提示
您因"违规操作"
具体请查看互助需知
我知道了
×
提示
现在去查看 取消
×
提示
确定
0
微信
客服QQ
Book学术公众号 扫码关注我们
反馈
×
意见反馈
请填写您的意见或建议
请填写您的手机或邮箱
已复制链接
已复制链接
快去分享给好友吧!
我知道了
×
扫码分享
扫码分享
Book学术官方微信
Book学术文献互助
Book学术文献互助群
群 号:481959085
Book学术
文献互助 智能选刊 最新文献 互助须知 联系我们:info@booksci.cn
Book学术提供免费学术资源搜索服务,方便国内外学者检索中英文文献。致力于提供最便捷和优质的服务体验。
Copyright © 2023 Book学术 All rights reserved.
ghs 京公网安备 11010802042870号 京ICP备2023020795号-1