The Shift of Dental Education During and Post COVID-19
- Author:
Ting Jing Kweh
1
;
Ghee Seong Lim
1
;
Maria Angela Garcia Gonzalez
1
;
Teng Kai Ong
2
;
Ting Jing Kweh
3
Author Information
- Publication Type:Review
- Keywords: Computer-assisted; COVID-19; Dental education; Distance learning; E-learning
- MeSH: Education, Dental; Education, Distance; COVID-19
- From:Archives of Orofacial Sciences 2021;16(2):95-101
- CountryMalaysia
- Language:English
- Abstract: ABSTRACT:Education worldwide has been conducted in the traditional face-to-face classroom teaching style for ages, and this includes the education in dentistry. Since the introduction of online education and distance learning, teaching institutions have gradually made e-learning an integral part of teaching and learning activities. With the emergence of COVID-19 pandemic and closure of teaching institutions worldwide, the faculty of dentistry is amongst the many that were forced to leap onto the online education field abruptly. There is a sudden need for educators to resort to online teaching and e-learning becomes an essential tool to be developed as an alternative to traditional education methods. This article serves as a review to explore and discuss the common concerns and institutional readiness in delivering e-learning and review the methods currently utilised during this time of crisis.
- Full text:2.2021my0010.pdf
