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Gayathri M Shenoy1, Irina F Dragan2, Sarah Pagni1
1Gayathri M. Shenoy is a first-year postdoctoral resident, Department of Periodontology, Tufts University School of Dental Medicine; Irina Florentina Dragan is Assistant Professor and Program Director, Dental Education Learning and Teaching Academy Fellowship, Tufts University School of Dental Medicine; Sarah Pagni is Assistant Professor, Tufts University School of Dental Medicine; Jennipher Murphy is Director, Education and Faculty Support, Tufts University School of Dental Medicine; and Nadeem Karimbux is Academic Dean and Professor, Tufts University School of Dental Medicine.
Abstract:
The Basic Science/Clinical Science Spiral Seminar Series (BaSiCSsss) was implemented at Tufts University School of Dental Medicine in 2013. In the series, teams of dental students from all four years presented components of a clinical case, supported by evidence-based dentistry concepts. The role of the third-year student on each team was to present questions based on the PICO (Population, Intervention, Comparison, Outcome) method to support the treatment plan for the selected case. The primary aim of this study was to identify the dental discipline from which the PICO question was chosen, and the secondary aim was to review the level of evidence (journal impact factor, study design, and year of publication) of sources used to support the PICO questions. Presentations compiled during the 2014-15 and 2015-16 academic years were reviewed. The PICO questions and additional details from the publications used as reference (choice of journal, year of publication, study design) were reviewed. A total of 224 presentations were reviewed. The results showed that most topics were from the subjects of periodontology and prosthodontics. Systematic reviews and cohort studies were the most often used types of study design. The majority of the articles cited were recently published. The students used supporting references for the clinical questions published recently with a high level of evidence.
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