Distance and Hybrid Learning for Dental Student During COVID-19 Pandemic

NCT ID: NCT04401371

Last Updated: 2023-08-30

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Total Enrollment: 376 participants
• Study Classification: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2020-05-01
• Study Completion Date: 2021-07-10

Brief Summary

To assess dental student opinion about distance educational learning environment during COVID-19 Pandemic and to assess their satisfaction with Hybrid learning

Detailed Description

Coronavirus crisis has caused disturbance in the provision of education all over the world. In Egypt institutions of higher education has taken the decision to temporarily suspend attendance in universities and to keep it closed for student during this pandemic.

Cairo university overcome this problem by avoiding gathering and facilitating the continuity of education for all through remote learning.

In faculty of dentistry Cairo university, pediatric dentistry course coordinators and instructors made modifications in their course which is taught to 5th year dental student.

These modification included continuation of lectures and group sections through distance learning, while postponing any clinical work to avoid direct contact with patient.

In the next academic year the same course was taught in different way through hybrid learning

So the aim of the study was to compare education learning environment experiences among 5th year dental students enrolled in pediatric dentistry course through hybrid learning versus distance learning and to assess students satisfaction with hybrid learning , which will spot the light on strong and weak points in order to provide better education and improve their experiences.

Conditions

Education

Study Design

• Observational Model Type: OTHER
• Study Time Perspective: OTHER

Study Groups

Hybrid learning group

students enrolled in hybrid learning pediatric dentistry course

No interventions assigned to this group

distance learning group

students enrolled in distance learning pediatric dentistry course

No interventions assigned to this group

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• all 5th year dental student enrolled in pediatric dentistry hybrid and distance course in Cairo university was invited to participate

Exclusion Criteria

• incomplete questionnaire

• Minimum Eligible Age: 20 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 25 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Sponsors

Cairo University

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Yasmin Mohamed Yousry

lecturer in pediatric dentistry and dental public health

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

Yasmin Mohamed

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Cairo University

Locations

Faculty of Dentistry

Cairo, , Egypt

Countries

Egypt

References

Yousry YM, Azab MM. Hybrid versus distance learning environment for a paediatric dentistry course and its influence on students' satisfaction: a cross-sectional study. BMC Med Educ. 2022 May 5;22(1):343. doi: 10.1186/s12909-022-03417-4.

Reference Type: DERIVED

PMID: 35513807 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

Distance learning environment

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id