Effect of online learning for dental education in asia during the pandemic of COVID-19

• Published in: Journal of dental sciences Vol. 16; no. 4; pp. 1095 - 1101
• Main Authors: Chang, Tsai-Yu, Hsu, Ming-Lun, Kwon, Jae-Sung, Kusdhany, MF.Lindawati S., Hong, Guang
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier B.V 01-10-2021; Association for Dental Sciences of the Republic of China; Elsevier
• Subjects: Blended learning; Coronavirus disease 2019; Dental education; Online learning; Original; Dental education; Coronavirus disease 2019; Blended learning; Online learning
• ISSN: 1991-7902; 2213-8862
• DOI: 10.1016/j.jds.2021.06.006

Online learning has been utilized in the world to continue educational activities in dentistry, which was severely affected by the pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). The purpose of this study was aimed to evaluate the effect of online learning during the pandemic of COVID-19 in different dental schools of different countries in Asia by the questionnaire survey.
Mantel-Haenszel chi-square tests were used to analyze the difference between dental schools with and without shutdown. A questionnaire-based online survey was used to evaluate the online learning effect on undergraduate students in 13 dental schools of 7 Asia countries and regions.
For the question that blended learning class has better learning efficiency, the agreement rate was significantly higher in the students (80.3%) from the dental schools that did not suspend face-to-face education activities than in the students (50.3%) from the dental school that was shut down.
Within the limitation of this study, it is concluded that a combination of physical and online classes in terms of blended learning courses will be the future trend for dental education.