Use of web-based educational technology by Brazilian oral health professionals
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https://doi.org/10.30979/rev.abeno.v18i1.415Keywords:
Distance Education. Educational Technology. Education in DentistryAbstract
The present study aimed to analyze the use of web-based educational technology on the part of dentists, and oral hygienists enrolled in a training course for offering healthcare to disabled individuals and evaluate access to the Internet, duration of the use of technological resources and objectives when using the Internet. A descriptive study was conducted with data collected from the Virtual Brazilian Dentistry Training Environment for Care Offered to Disabled Patients at the Open University Site of the Brazilian Public Healthcare System using an electronic questionnaire available on the site. The sample was composed of 2377 oral health professionals enrolled in the course who agreed to answer the questionnaire. The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics. Little more than half of the sample (54.05%) used more than one technological resource for their connection to the virtual world in their daily lives; 54.56% of the respondents accessed the Internet from their own homes, and 57.21% used a wireless/Wi-Fi system. A total of 58.9% of the sample reported that the new technological resource offers a fair degree of difficulty. The use of digital technology occurs in Brazil. While available, a large part of the population does not appear to use this technology for the purposes of continued education.
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André Cavalcante da Silva Barbosa, Universidade Federal de pernambuco
Preventiva. Faculdade de Odontologia. Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (UFPE).
Carmem Virgínia Cerquinho de Oliveira
Maria Cecília Neves Gueiros, Doutoranda da Pós-graduação em odontologia da Universidade Federal de pernambuco
Maurício Cosme de Lima, Curso de Pedagogia do Centro Universitário Joaquim Nabuco
Márcia Maria Vendiciano Barbosa Vasconcelos, Departamento de clínica e odontologia preventiva do Curso de Odontologia da Universidade Federal de Pernambuco
Arnaldo de França Caldas Júnior, Departamento de clínica e odontologia preventiva do Curso de Odontologia da Universidade Federal de Pernambuco
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