Evaluation of Knowledge of Dentistry students about the role of the Dental Surgeon in Intensive Care and Hospital Units

• Autor(a) principal: Holanda, Dandara Damasceno
• Data de Publicação: 2021
• Outros Autores: Falcão, Leonardo Sales, Caires, Nely Cristina Medeiros
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Research, Society and Development
• Texto Completo: https://rsdjournal.org/index.php/rsd/article/view/17846
• topic: Assistência odontologica; Equipe hospitalar de odontologia; Estudantes de odontologia; Ensino.; Dental care; Dental staff hospital; Students dental; Teaching.; Atención odontológica; Personal de odontología em hospital; Estudiantes de odontología; Enseñanza.

Hospital Dentistry comprises the insertion of dentists in the multidisciplinary team with the objective of prevention, diagnosis and treatment of oral manifestations and their impact on the systemic condition of hospitalized patients. This work evaluated the knowledge of Dentistry students in MANAUS/AM about the role of dentists in a hospital environment. This is an observational, cross-sectional study, developed from January to March 2020. The study included 80 students, regularly enrolled between the 1st and 8th periods, who were willing to voluntarily participate in the study and answer the questionnaire, after reading and signing the Informed Consent Form (TCLE). This research was approved by CEP opinion CAAE: 28581020.6.0000.5512. The results showed that 50% of the students had never experienced the experience in a hospital environment during the Undergraduate course, although more than half (64%) of the interviewees showed interest in this experience. It was found that 41% believe that this content should be addressed in the Curriculum Framework, despite having already heard about the subject in classes taught by the course’s professor. 54% of students responded that they do not feel qualified to work with a medical and multidisciplinary team in a hospital environment, although 65% of students believe that the role of dentists in this team is important. It is concluded that, despite the absence of the discipline on Hospital Dentistry in the Undergraduate Dentistry course, there is interest in most academics about hospital dentistry. It is suggested to implement a discipline in the curriculum focused on hospital dentistry.