Introducing dental students to e-learning at a South African University

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dc.contributor.authorMohamed, Nadia
dc.contributor.authorPeerbhay, Fathima
dc.date.accessioned2013-01-30T13:48:22Z
dc.date.available2013-01-30T13:48:22Z
dc.date.issued2012
dc.description.abstractThis article serves to report on the introduction of an innovative ‘blended learning’ approach in the Paediatric Dentistry Department at the University of the Western Cape (UWC) in Cape Town, South Africa. This intervention was the first of its kind to be introduced at UWC’s dentistry faculty. Methods Educational resources were placed online to supplement didactic and clinical teaching and in so-doing, compensate for the lack of chair side teaching. An online learning platform was thus provided for students to engage with. Results Forty-seven percent of students accessed the site. The evaluation of the course by these 4th and 5th year students was mostly positive. Students who did not access the site provided a variety of reasons for not doing so, with the main reasons being the ‘lack of time’ (40%) and ‘lack of IT resources’ (41%). Conclusion This intervention highlighted the fact that ‘blended learning’ definitely has its place in the dentistry curriculum, especially if minor issues like access to resources can be addressed. The Paediatric Dentistry department at the University of Western Cape is continually pursuing current trends in teaching to provide an education that is on par with global standards.en_US
dc.identifier.citationMohamed, N. & Peerbhay, F. Introducing dental students to e-learning at a South African University. African Journal of Health Professions Education, 4(2): 123-127en_US
dc.identifier.issn2078-5127
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10566/524
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.privacy.showsubmitterfalse
dc.publisherHealth and Medical Publishing Groupen_US
dc.rights© 2012 Mohamed & Peerbhay; licensee Health and Medical Publishing Group. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
dc.source.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.7196/AJHPE.179
dc.status.ispeerreviewedtrue
dc.subjecte-Learningen_US
dc.subjectOnline learning platformen_US
dc.subjectBlended learning
dc.subjectTechnology
dc.titleIntroducing dental students to e-learning at a South African Universityen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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