TY  - JOUR
TI  - Awareness of Dental Students Related to COVID-19 and Problems in Distance Education
AB  - Objective: In this survey, it was aimed to evaluate the awareness of dental students related to COVID-19 and to define their problems and concerns during distance education. Materials and Methods: A new survey about COVID -19 was conducted. The online survey was sent to the students of seven dental faculties and the study consisted of 1310 students. Results: Gender distribution of the respondents was as 38% male and 62% female. While 24.4% were very worried about getting coronavirus, 78.7% were very worried about transmitting it to their immediate environment. Most of the students (84.7%) knew the 3 most evident symptoms of coronavirus, 90.5% of them were aware of the most important measures to be taken to protect against it. Students who thought that transition to distance education was necessary were afraid of getting infected with COVID-19 at a high rate if formal education will be started again (88.3%). Although 63.5% of the participants stated that theoretical courses given by distance education system were sufficient, only 9.8% of them stated that practical courses were sufficient. Conclusion: Currently challenges related to dental education remain as an important issue to be managed during this pandemic. Dental schools urgently need to improve their education policies and protocols and develop an emergency plan to maintain practical training safely.
AU  - toy, vesile elif
AU  - sabancı, arife
AU  - Kırmızıgül, İnci
PY  - 2021
JO  - Fırat Üniversitesi Sağlık Bilimleri Tıp Dergisi
VL  - 35
IS  - 3
SN  - 1308-9315
SP  - 209
EP  - 217
DB  - TRDizin
UR  - http://search/yayin/detay/504261
ER  -