NCT04401371

Distance and Hybrid Learning for Dental Student During COVID-19 Pandemic

Comparative Evaluation of the Learning Environment of Pediatric Dentistry Course Through Hybrid Learning Versus Distance Learning

• Status: Completed
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 376 (actual)
• Sponsor: Cairo University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 20 Years – 25 Years
• Healthy volunteers: —

Summary

To assess dental student opinion about distance educational learning environment during COVID-19 Pandemic and to assess their satisfaction with Hybrid learning

Detailed description

Coronavirus crisis has caused disturbance in the provision of education all over the world. In Egypt institutions of higher education has taken the decision to temporarily suspend attendance in universities and to keep it closed for student during this pandemic. Cairo university overcome this problem by avoiding gathering and facilitating the continuity of education for all through remote learning. In faculty of dentistry Cairo university, pediatric dentistry course coordinators and instructors made modifications in their course which is taught to 5th year dental student. These modification included continuation of lectures and group sections through distance learning, while postponing any clinical work to avoid direct contact with patient. In the next academic year the same course was taught in different way through hybrid learning So the aim of the study was to compare education learning environment experiences among 5th year dental students enrolled in pediatric dentistry course through hybrid learning versus distance learning and to assess students satisfaction with hybrid learning , which will spot the light on strong and weak points in order to provide better education and improve their experiences.

Conditions

• Education

Timeline

• Start date: 2020-05-01
• Primary completion: 2021-05-10
• Completion: 2021-07-10
• First posted: 2020-05-26
• Last updated: 2023-08-30

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Egypt