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Oral Health Assessment by Lay Personnel for Older Adults
Published on: February 2, 2020
[Application of participatory teaching mode in oral health education]
Xiang-ke Ci1, Yu-hong Zhao, Li Wan
1Department of Preventive Dentistry, The Affiliated Stomatological Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, Jiangxi Province, China. cixiangke@163.com
Purpose:
To apply participatory teaching mode in oral health education, and to assess its role in cultivating comprehensive stomatological professionals suitable for the development of modern medicine.
Methods:
Sixty undergraduate students from grade 2005 in Stomatological College of Nanchang University were selected. Among those students, oral health education course was carried out by traditional teaching mode, while 120 undergraduate students from grades 2006 to 2007 received participatory teaching approach, which paid attention to practice in oral health education practice course. After the course, a survey and evaluation of teaching effectiveness was conducted.
Results:
Questionnaire survey showed that participatory teaching mode could significantly improve the students' capabilities and provide much more help to their study.
Conclusions:
Application of participatory teaching mode in oral health education course for undergraduates is feasible. It can improve students' comprehensive ability and cultivate their cultural literacy and scientific literacy. It also meets the training goal of stomatological professionals and the development trend of education reform. Supported by Higher School Teaching Reform Research Subject of Jiangxi Province(JXJG-10-1-42).
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