Dental students’ self-perception on basic pharmacology at a Brazilian university
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https://doi.org/10.30979/BrazJDentEduc.v25.2427Keywords:
Pharmacology, Motivation, Students DentalAbstract
The discipline of pharmacology offers knowledge in order to understand the principles of drug therapy and it is extremely important for dental training. However, factors such as lack of integration between basic and applied knowledge result in demotivation and low performance of students. The objective of this study was to build, validate and apply a questionnaire aimed at undergraduate dental students who attended the discipline of pharmacology to assess self-perception concerning satisfaction, motivation and level of learning. A three-domain questionnaire approaching satisfaction, motivation, and learning was developed, which underwent content and construct validity. One hundred and sixty-five dental students at the University of Brasília answered the questionnaire. The majority belonged to the female gender (67.3%), 45% were admitted through the traditional entrance exam, 63.3% were not quota holders and 52.1% pointed out that dentistry was not their first option of higher education. The average level of satisfaction regarding the discipline of pharmacology was 67.6%, and the level of motivation was 75.7%. The average score attributed to the learning domain was 8.3. Most students reported an average level of satisfaction. The level of motivation was identified as medium by half of the students, and high by the other half. The learning level was high. Satisfaction, motivation and learning were not associated with gender, admission to the institution of higher education, being a quota holder, having chosen dentistry as a first option of higher education and current semester in the course.
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