TY - JOUR
T1 - Revolution in modern teaching in dentistry since the appearance of the COVID-19 pandemic
T2 - A review
AU - Delgado-Castillo, Sergio Marcelo
AU - Miguel-Soto, Sayuri
AU - Atoche-Socola, Katherine Joselyn
AU - Arriola-Guillén, Luis Ernesto
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2022 by Wroclaw Medical University.
PY - 2022/1/1
Y1 - 2022/1/1
N2 - Dentistry schools have attempted to overcome the challenges imposed by the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic through teaching via the Internet with the use of virtual platforms, designed to simulate face-to-face interaction and counteract the social isolation affecting the integral development of students. This review searched the main health databases, including MEDLINE via PubMed, Scopus and LILACS, and selected 31 articles to proceed with the research. During the pandemic, platforms such as Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, Zoom, Google Meet, and other similar tools allowed teachers to develop dynamic slides and dental models to simulate procedures, which played an important role in the course of mainly theoretical classes. In addition, applications such as WhatsApp allowed the rapid acquisition and sharing of useful information on a specific topic. While virtual resources facilitate the learning process through generating interest as well as providing accurate, necessary, valuable, and easily accessible infor-mation, which is constantly updated, the disadvantages of remote learning include the lack of instruments, infrastructure and materials, apart from supervision, to promote personal development and progressive evolution to directly treat patients. Another issue with regard to virtual learning is whether within a short period of time students can achieve a comparable level of practical skills as in the case of the conventional learning. In conclusion, the current pandemic has changed not only the use of technology in education, but also educational strategies for the future.
AB - Dentistry schools have attempted to overcome the challenges imposed by the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic through teaching via the Internet with the use of virtual platforms, designed to simulate face-to-face interaction and counteract the social isolation affecting the integral development of students. This review searched the main health databases, including MEDLINE via PubMed, Scopus and LILACS, and selected 31 articles to proceed with the research. During the pandemic, platforms such as Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, Zoom, Google Meet, and other similar tools allowed teachers to develop dynamic slides and dental models to simulate procedures, which played an important role in the course of mainly theoretical classes. In addition, applications such as WhatsApp allowed the rapid acquisition and sharing of useful information on a specific topic. While virtual resources facilitate the learning process through generating interest as well as providing accurate, necessary, valuable, and easily accessible infor-mation, which is constantly updated, the disadvantages of remote learning include the lack of instruments, infrastructure and materials, apart from supervision, to promote personal development and progressive evolution to directly treat patients. Another issue with regard to virtual learning is whether within a short period of time students can achieve a comparable level of practical skills as in the case of the conventional learning. In conclusion, the current pandemic has changed not only the use of technology in education, but also educational strategies for the future.
KW - COVID-19
KW - dentistry
KW - virtual learning
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85127652989&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.17219/dmp/141522
DO - 10.17219/dmp/141522
M3 - Artículo de revisión
C2 - 35385228
AN - SCOPUS:85127652989
SN - 1644-387X
VL - 59
SP - 137
EP - 141
JO - Dental and medical problems
JF - Dental and medical problems
IS - 1
ER -