Development and evaluation of a mobile application for teaching Dental Radiology

Authors

  • Francielle Santos de Santana Universidade Federal de Sergipe https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2405-2270
  • Mariana Bispo Costa Universidade Federal de Sergipe
  • Jorge Dias Matos Neto Universidade Federal de Sergipe
  • André Batista da Silva Universidade Federal de Sergipe
  • Gilton José Ferreira da Silva Universidade Federal de Sergipe
  • Wilton Mitsunari Takeshita Universidade Federal de Sergipe

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.30979/rev.abeno.v20i2.1135

Keywords:

Radiology. Education, Distance. Dentistry. Smartphone.

Abstract

This study aimed to develop and evaluate a smartphone application with a web content management tool for the study of periapical radiographic anatomy. Design thinking activities were carried out to better understand the proposed problem. Then, a questionnaire was applied via Google Forms to 44 dental students to assist in the development of an App for the teaching of radiology. Then, the beta version of the App was evaluated in January 2019 by 51 undergraduate dental students by means of satisfaction and usability questionnaires. The Cronbach's alpha coefficient was applied to these questionnaires and values above 0.7 were obtained, demonstrating their reliability. In the evaluation of the App, which was called APPOLO, that means App of learning online, 98.04% of the students affirmed that the available content was certainly important. The number of images was considered either satisfactory or very satisfactory by 94.19% of the participants, and 100% of them judged the quality of the images also satisfactory or very satisfactory. The majority of the participants (94.11%) felt motivated to complement their study using this type of methodology. The classification easy and very easy was attributed to the metrics usability by 98.04% of the participants, access to offered contents by 100% of the participants, and access to the texts by 98% of the participants. The APPOLO App proved to be practical and easy to understand, navigate, and use, as was considered a potential aid to support the teaching of dental radiology students.

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Author Biography

Francielle Santos de Santana, Universidade Federal de Sergipe

Possui graduação em Odontologia - Universidade Tiradentes (2004). Aperfeiçoamento em Ortodontia - Associação Brasileira de Odontologia seção Sergipe (2005). Especialização, nível Latu Sensu, em Ortodontia - Associação Brasileira de Odontologia seção Sergipe (2008). Mestre em Odontologia - Universidade Federal de Sergipe (2019). Tem experiência na área de Odontologia, com ênfase em Ortodontia.

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Published

20-10-2020

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Santana, F. S. de, Costa, M. B., Matos Neto, J. D., Silva, A. B. da, Silva, G. J. F. da, & Takeshita, W. M. (2020). Development and evaluation of a mobile application for teaching Dental Radiology. Revista Da ABENO, 20(2), 102–110. https://doi.org/10.30979/rev.abeno.v20i2.1135

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