Use of web-based educational technology by Brazilian oral health professionals

• Autor(a) principal: Barbosa, André Cavalcante da Silva
• Data de Publicação: 2018
• Outros Autores: de Oliveira, Carmem Virgínia Cerquinho, Gueiros, Maria Cecília Neves, de Lima, Maurício Cosme, Vasconcelos, Márcia Maria Vendiciano Barbosa, Caldas Júnior, Arnaldo de França
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng; por
• Título da fonte: Revista da ABENO (Online)
• Texto Completo: https://revabeno.emnuvens.com.br/revabeno/article/view/415
• topic: Distance Education. Educational Technology. Education in Dentistry; Educação a Distância. Tecnologia Educacional. Educação em Odontologia

The present study aimed to analyze the use of web-based educational technology on the part of dentists, and oral hygienists enrolled in a training course for offering healthcare to disabled individuals and evaluate access to the Internet, duration of the use of technological resources and objectives when using the Internet. A descriptive study was conducted with data collected from the Virtual Brazilian Dentistry Training Environment for Care Offered to Disabled Patients at the Open University Site of the Brazilian Public Healthcare System using an electronic questionnaire available on the site. The sample was composed of 2377 oral health professionals enrolled in the course who agreed to answer the questionnaire. The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics. Little more than half of the sample (54.05%) used more than one technological resource for their connection to the virtual world in their daily lives; 54.56% of the respondents accessed the Internet from their own homes, and 57.21% used a wireless/Wi-Fi system. A total of 58.9% of the sample reported that the new technological resource offers a fair degree of difficulty. The use of digital technology occurs in Brazil. While available, a large part of the population does not appear to use this technology for the purposes of continued education.