@Article{info:doi/10.2196/resprot.7414,
author="Braga, Mariana Minatel
and Lenzi, Tathiane Larissa
and Ferreira, Fernanda Rosche
and Mendes, Fausto Medeiros
and Raggio, Daniela Pr{\'o}cida
and Imparato, Jos{\'e} Carlos
and Bonecker, Marcelo
and Magalh{\~a}es, Ana Carolina
and Wang, Linda
and Rios, Daniela
and Pessan, Juliano Pelim
and Duque, Cristiane
and Rebelo, Maria Augusta Bessa
and Alves Filho, Ary Oliveira
and Lima, Marina De Deus Moura
and Moura, Marcoeli Silva
and De Carli, Alessandro Diogo
and Sanabe, Mariane Emi
and Cenci, Maximiliano Sergio
and Oliveira, Elenara Ferreira
and Correa, Marcos Britto
and Rocha, Rachel Oliveira
and Zenkner, Julio Eduardo
and Muris{\'i}, Pedroza Uribe
and Martignon, Stefania
and Lara, Juan Sebastian
and Aquino, Fatima Gabriela
and Carrillo, Alfredo
and Chu, Chun Hung
and Deery, Chris
and Ricketts, David
and Melo, Paulo
and Antunes, Jos{\'e} Leopoldo Ferreira
and Ekstrand, Kim Rud",
title="Impact of a Tutored Theoretical-Practical Training to Develop Undergraduate Students' Skills for the Detection of Caries Lesions: Study Protocol for a Multicenter Controlled Randomized Study",
journal="JMIR Res Protoc",
year="2017",
month="Aug",
day="16",
volume="6",
number="8",
pages="e155",
keywords="active learning; cariology; dental education; laboratory training",
abstract="Background: Tutored laboratorial activities could be a manner of improving the competency development of students. However, its impact over conventional theoretical classes has not yet been tested. Additionally, different university contexts could influence this issue and should be explored. Objective: To assess the impact of a tutored theoretical-practical training for teaching undergraduate students to detect caries lesions as compared with theoretical teaching activities. The impact of these teaching/learning activities will be assessed in terms of efficacy, cost/benefit, retention of knowledge/acquired competences, and student acceptability. Methods: Sixteen centers (7 centers from Brazil and 9 centers from other countries throughout the world) are involved in the inclusion of subjects for this protocol. A randomized controlled study with parallel groups will be conducted. One group (control) will be exposed to a 60- to 90-minute conventional theoretical class and the other group (test) will be exposed to the same theoretical class and also a 90-minute laboratory class, including exercises and discussions based on the evaluation of a pool of images and extracted teeth. The mentioned outcomes will be evaluated immediately after the teaching activities and also in medium- and long-term analyses. To compare the long-term outcomes, students who enrolled in the university before the participating students will be interviewed for data collection and these data will be used as a control and compared with the trained group. This stage will be a nonrandomized phase of this study, nested in the main study. Appropriate statistical analysis will be performed according to the aims of this study. Variables related to the centers will also be analyzed and used to model adjustment as possible sources of variability among results. Results: This ongoing study is funded by a Brazilian national funding agency (CNPq- 400736/2014-4). We expect that the tutored theoretical-practical training will improve the undergraduate students' performance in the detection of caries lesions and subsequent treatment decisions, mainly in terms of long-term retention of knowledge. Our hypothesis is that tutored theoretical-practical training is a more cost-effective option for teaching undergraduate students to detect caries lesions. Conclusions: If our hypothesis is confirmed, the use of laboratory training in conjunction with theoretical classes could be used as an educational strategy in Cariology to improve the development of undergraduate students' skills in the detection of caries lesions and clinical decision-making. ",
issn="1929-0748",
doi="10.2196/resprot.7414",
url="http://www.researchprotocols.org/2017/8/e155/",
url="https://doi.org/10.2196/resprot.7414",
url="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28814381"
}