Exploration of a progressive full-cycle skills training teaching model for undergraduate students in stomatology
Oral Medicine is a highly comprehensive,practical,and applied discipline.Dental students need to master extensive professional theoretical knowledge,have proficient clinical operational skills,and have a grounding in materials science and aesthetics.In our country's dental education system,students usually study general medical courses in the first and second years,begin dental professional courses in the second semester of the third year,and start clinical internships in the fifth year.However,this teaching model often results in fragmented learning of professional knowledge,limited opportunities for practical skill training,and insufficient clinical practice skills upon graduation.To address the training objectives of the dental profession and the challenges faced by students during their studies,our school proposes a comprehensive approach to clinical skills training throughout the undergraduate period:Introducing"Hand Skills Training"and"Early Clinical Exposure"courses during the general medical course phase.Conducting theory and practical courses concurrently and with equal emphasis during the third year's professional course phase.Offering"Pre-clinical Training"courses in the fourth year(prior to clinical internships),combined clinical internships with CBL(Case-Based Learning)teaching throughout the fifth year.Teaching adopts a blended approach of online and offline instruction,and employing PBL(Problem-Based Learning),CBL and situational teaching methods with multi-sensory stimulation,to progressively cultivate students'clinical operational skills.This teaching model reform aims to explore an efficient model for cultivating outstanding dental professionals for serving Healthy China society,under the new medical science context of precision medicine.
undergraduate teaching of oral medicinepractical skills traininghand skill trainingpreclinical training