Attitudes of students toward clinical education and evaluations made in the department of periodontics in Tabriz faculty of dentistry in 2015

Abstract

The present study was performed to determine the attitudes of students in Tabriz Faculty of Dentistry toward the educational methods and evaluation of clinical lessons in the Department of Periodontics, Tabriz Faculty of Dentistry in 2015. In this descriptive/analytical study, questionnaires were used to collect the views of 157 Tabriz dental students. The inclusion criteria of this study were submitting an informed consent form, confirmation of studying dentistry in Tabriz Faculty of Dentistry in 2015, and studying in the clinical period after the basic sciences courses. After collecting the questionnaires, the results were presented in tables in the form of descriptive statics. In the evaluation of the clinical education questionnaire, there was a significant relationship only between the type of the lesson unit involved and the response provided to the question on the quality of clinical education in relation to treatment planning and familiarity with gingival diseases (P=0.02 and P=0.03, respectively). In the evaluation of initial evaluation questionnaire, there was a significant relationship between the lesson unit involved and the responses provided to the question on the conformity of the questions in the Department final exam with the education presented in classes, the content of the reference books and the effect of the final exam of the Department on the self-confidence of students in the clinic (P<0.01). It can be concluded from this study that the dental students had a good opinion about education and evaluations in the Department of Periodontics, Tabriz Faculty of Dentistry.