Comparison of different teaching strategies to improve the knowledge of Dental students about prescribing standards

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https://doi.org/10.30979/rev.abeno.v19i1.655

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Dental education. Prescription. Dentistry. Teaching.

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The aim of this study was to evaluate different teaching strategies to improve the knowledge of dental students about prescribing standards. We evaluated 72 students who were randomly separated into 3 groups (n = 24): Group 1 - at each evaluation stage, an explanatory video about prescription rules was presented; Group 2 - the same video was made available on a virtual platform (with unlimited access); Group 3 - control: the students did not have additional activities on the subject. During the study period 4 evaluations were performed, and all participants received a different clinical case to carry out a prescription for the proposed clinical situation. For each prescription performed, a score was given to different items: identification of professional and patient, concentration, dosage and quantity of the medicine, instructions, among others. The results were submitted to statistical analysis and the level of significance was set at 5%.  No significant differences were observed at baseline between groups (p> 0.05). However, after using the strategies better results were observed for G1 when compared with G2 and G3 (p<0.05). It could be concluded that among the strategies used, the use of video was the one that provided an improvement in knowledge of dental students in relation to prescribing standards.

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10-07-2019

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Scarpin, T. B., Oliveira, L. B., Bergamaschi, C. de C., Ramacciato, J. C., & Motta, R. H. L. (2019). Comparison of different teaching strategies to improve the knowledge of Dental students about prescribing standards. Revista Da ABENO, 19(1), 66–72. https://doi.org/10.30979/rev.abeno.v19i1.655

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