Comparative analysis of the perception of dental students about periodontics discipline at Bauru School of Dentistry (USP) before and after course restructuring

• Grant number: 15/07343-6
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
• Start date: October 01, 2015
• End date: September 30, 2016
• Field of knowledge: Humanities - Education - Curriculum
• Principal Investigator: Mariana Schutzer Ragghianti Zangrando
• Grantee: Mariele Vertuan
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Odontologia de Bauru (FOB). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Bauru , SP, Brazil

Abstract

The education system must be dynamic and accomplishes changes in the social context of students. One of the most known techniques of education environment evaluation is the questionnaire Dundee Ready Education Environment Measure (DREEM). Our group evaluated the perceptions of students in Bauru School of Dentistry regarding educational environment in the discipline of Periodontics before the curriculum change. In early 2013, we implemented the integrated curriculum in Dentistry in this institution. Thus, the objectives of this study is to evaluate apply the perceptions of the students considering education environment of Periodontics discipline after the curricular restructuring process and compare these data to previous results. The sample of the study will consist of 150 students of 2nd, 3rd, and 4th years of college. Students who don't answer correctly the questionnaire will be excluded as well as who deny to answer it. After evaluation of new data, these results will be compared to previous results, considering 2nd, 3rd, and 4th years, man and women, and between Periodontology test grades. Results will be evaluated by parametric or non-parametric tests at a significance level of 5% (p<0.05).