Journal article
Oral health education for medical students: Malaysian and australian students' perceptions of educational experience and needs
MS Ahmad, MA Abuzar, IA Razak, SA Rahman, GL Borromeo
Journal of Dental Education | AMER DENTAL EDUCATION ASSOC-ADEA | Published : 2017
DOI: 10.21815/JDE.017.060
Abstract
Education in oral health is important to prepare future medical professionals for collaborative roles in maintaining patients' oral health, an important component of general health and well-being. The aims of this study were to determine the perceptions of medical students in Malaysia and Australia of the quality of their training in oral health care and their perceptions of their professional role in maintaining the oral health of their patients. A survey was administered in the classroom with final-year Malaysian (n=527; response rate=79.3%) and Australian (n=455; response rate: 60%) medical students at selected institutions in those countries. In the results, most of these medical student..
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Funding Acknowledgements
This study was funded by a Melbourne Dental School Postgraduate Research Grant. The authors wish to thank Professor Geoff McColl, Associate Professor Agnes Dodds, and Associate Professor Firdaus Hariri for their valuable contribution to the design and content of the survey, as well as Associate Professor Graham Hepworth, University of Melbourne School of Mathematics and Statistics, for statistical advice. The authors also thank the medical students in Malaysia and Australia who participated in the pilot and main surveys.