Digital information and communication technologies as a support to the Internship in Dentistry

• Autor(a) principal: Barros, Myrna Maria Arcanjo Frota
• Data de Publicação: 2019
• Outros Autores: Borges Neto, Hermínio, Sousa, Maria do Socorro de, Silva, Paulo Goberlanio de Barros, Teixeira, Cinthia Nara Gadelha, Almeida, Maria Eneide Leitão de
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por; eng
• Título da fonte: Revista da ABENO (Online)
• Texto Completo: https://revabeno.emnuvens.com.br/revabeno/article/view/670
• topic: Health Education. Educational Measurement. Education; Distance.; Educação em Saúde. Avaliação Educacional. Educação a distância.

This study aimed to apply the Digital Information and Communication Technologies (DICT) as a support to the teaching in the training ground of Dentistry through an open virtual teaching environment (VTE), that meets the needs of the internship. An evaluation system has been developed that has analyzed many aspects of field learning. A portfolio of activities was implemented as an educational strategy in the VTE and categories and criteria for its analysis were elaborated. The most used tools in the VTE were the portfolio, the discussion forum and the logbook, according to the students’ opinion. Approximately 80% of the students and 100% of the tutors stated that the insertion of the VTE favored the teaching-learning process. The digital tools created were considered to be learning facilitators by the evaluated students and tutors. DICT has contributed to the improvement of undergraduate courses, involving students and teachers more intensely, integrating them into communication strategies, often already used in diverse contexts outside the university. It was possible to characterize the analyzed students as being the majority female, single and childless. In addition, most students only study. The students evaluated the performance of the tutors as positive. No difficulties experienced by students and tutors with the use of the VTE were reported. The use of these technologies focused on the curricular components of the course involved, prioritizing synchronous and asynchronous access to content, student autonomy and the dissemination of a digital culture. The adequacy of teaching methodologies allowed for improvements in the academic performance of students, teachers and tutors and stimulated the process of permanent education, facilitating teaching-learning in the Internship in Dentistry.