Academic reception and reconfiguration of educational models during the COVID-19 Pandemic: experience report

• Main Author: Almeida, Wanderson Carvalho de
• Publication Date: 2023
• Other Authors: Araújo, Thiago de Souza Lopes, Santos, Darklilson Pereira, Falcão, Carlos Alberto Monteiro, Ferraz, Maria Ângela Arêa Leão
• Format: Article
• Language: por; eng
• Source: Revista da ABENO (Online)
• Download full: https://revabeno.emnuvens.com.br/revabeno/article/view/1891
• topic: Community-Institutional Relations; Education Dental; Social Isolation; COVID-19; Relaciones Comunidad-Institución; Educación em Odontología; Aislamiento Social; COVID-19; Relações Comunidade-Instituição; Educação em Odontologia; Isolamento Social; COVID-19

The present article aims to report the experience of applying digital tools in virtual meetings to welcome students entering the Dentistry course at the State University of Piauí (UESPI) during the social isolation phase resulting from the new coronavirus pandemic in 2020. The extension action was carried out in five virtual meetings using the Google Meet meeting platform and collaborative tools such as Padlet, Mentimeter and Google Forms were applied to integrate the group. The participation of freshmen was full, 100% of students enrolled in the first period of the course were present at the meetings. Given the uncertainties regarding the start of the academic period in 2020, the proposal made was successful in its main objective of welcoming new students and establishing a bond with the UESPI Dentistry course family. In this way, the experience proved to be positive, providing students with a welcome during the most critical period of the COVID-19 pandemic and strong social isolation.