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Caries Café: A Method for Consolidating and Co-Constructing Knowledge of Caries.
Luisa Wakeling1, Lucie England2, Zoe Freeman1
1School of Dental Sciences, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.
Summary
A collaborative educational intervention called Caries Café effectively consolidated dental caries knowledge for undergraduates. This approach improved confidence in identifying caries, though students desired more clinical experience for long-term benefits.
Area of Science:
- Dental Education
- Caries Management
Background:
- Dental caries education is complex, requiring integration of science, risk factors, prevention, and treatment.
- Dispersed caries content within Bachelor of Dental Surgery (BDS) programs challenges assimilation into clinical practice.
Purpose of the Study:
- To evaluate a collaborative educational intervention for consolidating dental caries knowledge.
- To integrate theoretical content with clinical experience through co-construction.
Main Methods:
- Utilized a social constructivist approach with a collaborative idea generation tool ('Caries Café').
- Conducted a qualitative study involving four focus groups with students.
- Employed reflexive thematic analysis on focus group transcripts.
Main Results:
- Identified themes: knowledge consolidation, learning opportunities, delivery, and improvements.
- The intervention fostered collective learning and individual questioning.
- Student confidence in caries identification increased, with a preference for additional clinical reference.
Conclusions:
- The Caries Café format successfully consolidated dispersed caries knowledge.
- Provided holistic exposure to the multifaceted subject of dental caries.
- Aligned learning with a proposed standardized caries curriculum framework.
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