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Proposal of e-learning strategy to teach Atraumatic Restorative Treatment (ART) to undergraduate and graduate
Lucila Basto Camargo1, Daniela Prócida Raggio, Carlos Felipe Bonacina
1Discipline of Pediatric Dentistry, Faculdade de Odontologia da Universidade Paulista, Av, Comendador Enzo Ferrari, 280 - Swift, Campinas, Brazil. lucilazaccaro@uol.com.br.
Background:
The aim of this study was to evaluate e-learning strategy in teaching Atraumatic Restorative Treatment (ART) to undergraduate and graduate students. The sample comprised 76 participants-38 dental students and 38 pediatric dentistry students-in a specialization course. To evaluate knowledge improvement, participants were subjected to a test performed before and after the course.
Results:
A single researcher corrected the tests and intraexaminer reproducibility was calculated (CCI = 0.991; 95% IC = 0.975-0.996). All students improved their performances after the e-learning course (Paired t-tests p < 0.001). The means of undergraduate students were 4.7 (initial) and 6.4 (final) and those of graduate students were 6.8 (initial) and 8.2 (final). The comparison of the final evaluation means showed a statistically significant difference (t-tests p < 0.0001).
Conclusions:
The e-learning strategy has the potential of improving students' knowledge in ART. Mature students perform better in this teaching modality when it is applied exclusively via distance learning.
