Impact of COVID-19 on dental education- a scoping review

Background A new corona virus called COVID-19 and its epidemic has affected health care systems in many ways. There have also been significant changes in dental education. The present study summarizes the findings about dental education resulting from a scoping review of COVID-19 and dentistry. Meth...

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Published in:BMC medical education 2021-11, Vol.21 (1), p.1-587, Article 587
Main Authors: Farrokhi, Farid, Mohebbi, Simin Zahra, Farrokhi, Farzaneh, Khami, Mohammad Reza
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Corona virus
Coronaviruses
COVID-19
Curricula
Dental education
Dental health
Dental schools
Dentistry
Disease transmission
Education
Educational aspects
Emergencies
Epidemics
India
Infections
Medical research
Oral hygiene
Pandemics
Saudi Arabia
Scoping review
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2
Students
Study and teaching
United States
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Summary:Background A new corona virus called COVID-19 and its epidemic has affected health care systems in many ways. There have also been significant changes in dental education. The present study summarizes the findings about dental education resulting from a scoping review of COVID-19 and dentistry. Methods First, a comprehensive search of five databases (Google Scholar, Medline through PubMed, Embase, Scopus, and Cochrane Central) was conducted with the keywords: COVID-19 and its equivalent terms, dentistry, education, oral, students, curriculum, and academics. Articles related to oral health and COVID-19 were searched. Then articles on the subject of dental education were screened and reviewed. Results Of the 1389 articles investigating COVID-19 and dentistry, 135 articles were related to dental education and its relationship with COVID-19. The most articles in this field were from the United States, India, and Saudi Arabia. Most of the articles were cross-sectional and then review articles. Based on the review the articles were divided into two main categories of changes and concerns, and opportunities and solutions. Moreover, the following themes were extracted: teaching-learning quality and methods, study career and how students are prepared, infection control policies, theses, exams and assessments, financial and economic security, students and staff's mental health, school's policies and curricula, knowledge of students and staff about COVID-19. Conclusions Dental education now faces big challenges, some of which have never been experienced before. On the other hand, the epidemic has created opportunities for dental education as well. Most of these challenges and opportunities are the same around the world, and the findings of the present study can be a good help to overcome the challenges ahead as well as a good reference to find the right questions to be answered in future studies. Keywords: COVID-19, Corona virus, Dentistry, Dental education, Scoping review
ISSN:1472-6920
1472-6920
DOI:10.1186/s12909-021-03017-8