Opinion of students under dental technology programme, Medical university of varna On including in the curriculum a new course of training - Introduction to scientific research

Abstract

Modern university education involves both learning and research, and the research process itself needs to be accomplished with the participation of students. Our aim was to investigate the opinion of the students under Dental Technology Programme on including in the curriculum a new course of training – Introduction to Scientific Research. To achieve the goal, we used the following methods: study of literary sources and documents, anonymous survey conducted from the academic year of 2012/2013 to 2017/2018. The target group were 35,60% of the students who studied Dental Technology during the above years. A large part of the respondents support the new training course - Introduction to Scientific Research. After a discussion in the training sectors and a vote of the College Board, it was included into the curricula of five training programmes of Medical College at Medical University - Varna.