Evaluation of Professional Improvement Courses in Diagnostic Imaging in Dentistry: On-line and Hybrid Formats

• Autor(a) principal: Cavalcanti, Marcelo
• Data de Publicação: 2022
• Outros Autores: Piruna, Aline, Gimenez, Thais
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: EAD em Foco
• Texto Completo: https://eademfoco.cecierj.edu.br/index.php/Revista/article/view/1550

With all the major changes imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic, new challenges have emerged for educational institutions to instruct health professionals. Consequently, they started to look for alternative ways to maintain the teaching-learning process. This study aims to assess the acceptability of a group of 42 students to change the teaching methodology applied in two professional development courses with different formats, one with fully on-line content (Digital Dentistry: Diagnostic Imaging) and the other hybrid (on-line and face to-face) (Computed Tomography: Knowing, indicating and interpreting). This work also proposed to evaluate the learning methodology, adaptations and changes in teaching methods during and after the critical period of the COVID 19 pandemic, as well as the impact on the productivity of courses. The present work was conducted through a cross-sectional observational study. Data were collected through the application of questionnaires. The results showed that remote and hybrid teaching are well consolidated, as they do not provide great interference in their routines and maintain the quality of teaching. It was concluded the importance of approximation in real time (synchronous activities) and in person regarding the content of practical activities and emphasizing the interaction of the educator and the student, in the information of the objectives to be achieved, contents and methods. Keywords: Blended learn. Distance education. Virtual learning environment. Diagnostic imaging.