BACKGROUND & AIMS:
:The aim of this longitudinal study was to assess the effect on dental students' grades of participating in a third-year course taught in orthodontics alone versus an interdisciplinary course taught with orthodontics and pediatric dentistry combined. In the five-year dental curriculum at Yeditepe University in Istabul, Turkey, the third-year orthodontic course was taught as a single discipline until 2010, when the course was redesigned as an interdisciplinary course in orthodontics and pediatric dentistry. This retrospective study analyzed all 540 students' grades in orthodontic courses in the third, fourth, and fifth years from 2003-04 to 2014-15 to determine the impact of the third-year course design on students' performance. Students were divided into two cohorts: group A (which experienced the single discipline course, 2003-04 to 2009-10; 181 female, 117 male) and group B (which experienced the combined course, 2010-11 to 2014-15; 152 female, 90 male). In both groups, significant differences were found for the third-, fourth-, and fifth-year orthodontic grades (p<0.05). The grades of the third-year and fifth-year students in 2014-15 were significantly higher than in 2010-11 (p<0.05) in group B. Intergroup comparison showed that the third- and fifth-year grades were significantly higher in group B than in group A (p<0.05). These results suggest that the interdisciplinary delivery of basic knowledge in the third year had facilitated the learning process and deep learning in the more advanced orthodontic courses in the fifth year.
背景与目标:
: 这项纵向研究的目的是评估单独参加正畸学课程的三年级课程对牙科学生成绩的影响,而不是将正畸学和儿科牙科相结合的跨学科课程。在土耳其伊斯塔布尔的Yeditepe大学的五年制牙科课程中,第三年的正畸课程是作为单一学科2010年教授的,当时该课程被重新设计为正畸和儿科牙科的跨学科课程。这项回顾性研究分析了2003-04至2014-15年第三,第四和第五年所有540名学生的正畸课程成绩,以确定三年级课程设计对学生成绩的影响。学生分为两个队列: A组 (经历了2003-04至2009-10的单一学科课程; 181女性,117男性) 和B组 (经历了2010-11至2014-15的组合课程; 152女性,90男性)。在两组中,第三,第四和第五年正畸等级均存在显着差异 (p<0.05)。B组2014-15年的三年级和五年级学生的成绩明显高于2010-11年 (p<0.05)。组间比较显示,B组的三年级和五年级明显高于A组 (p<0.05)。这些结果表明,第三年跨学科提供的基础知识促进了第五年更高级的正畸课程的学习过程和深度学习。