Isaac Scientific Publishing

Journal of Advances in Education Research

Introduction of Teaching Associates in Maxillofacial Surgery – the Renaissance of a Teaching Method

Download PDF (422.9 KB) PP. 127 - 136 Pub. Date: August 1, 2018

DOI: 10.22606/jaer.2018.33001

Author(s)

  • Sebastian Herbert Hoefer
    Department of Oral, Cranio-Maxillofacial, and Facial Plastic Surgery, University Hospital Frankfurt, Goethe University, Theodor-Stern-Kai 7, 60590 Frankfurt, Germany
  • Jan Mrosek
    Department of Oral, Cranio-Maxillofacial, and Facial Plastic Surgery, University Hospital Frankfurt, Goethe University, Theodor-Stern-Kai 7, 60590 Frankfurt, Germany
  • Jonas Lorenz
    Department of Oral, Cranio-Maxillofacial, and Facial Plastic Surgery, University Hospital Frankfurt, Goethe University, Theodor-Stern-Kai 7, 60590 Frankfurt, Germany
  • Jonas Lorenz
    Department of Oral, Cranio-Maxillofacial, and Facial Plastic Surgery, University Hospital Frankfurt, Goethe University, Theodor-Stern-Kai 7, 60590 Frankfurt, Germany
  • Bernd Bender
    Department of Trauma, Hand, and Reconstructive Surgery, University Hospital Frankfurt, Goethe University, Theodor-Stern-Kai 7, 60590 Frankfurt, Germany
  • Marius Theis
    Department of Oral, Cranio-Maxillofacial, and Facial Plastic Surgery, University Hospital Frankfurt, Goethe University, Theodor-Stern-Kai 7, 60590 Frankfurt, Germany
  • Jasmina Sterz
    Department of Trauma, Hand, and Reconstructive Surgery, University Hospital Frankfurt, Goethe University, Theodor-Stern-Kai 7, 60590 Frankfurt, Germany
  • Christina Stefanescu
    Department of Trauma, Hand, and Reconstructive Surgery, University Hospital Frankfurt, Goethe University, Theodor-Stern-Kai 7, 60590 Frankfurt, Germany
  • Miriam Ruesseler
    Department of Trauma, Hand, and Reconstructive Surgery, University Hospital Frankfurt, Goethe University, Theodor-Stern-Kai 7, 60590 Frankfurt, Germany
  • Robert Sader
    Department of Oral, Cranio-Maxillofacial, and Facial Plastic Surgery, University Hospital Frankfurt, Goethe University, Theodor-Stern-Kai 7, 60590 Frankfurt, Germany

Abstract

Background: One of the greatest challenges in education is ensuring all students acquire competencies and retain those competencies over a long period of time. At the same time, the correct execution of practical skills is highly necessary. This study investigates the role of feedback reception stemming from teaching associates. Materials and Methods: All fourth year dental students at a German university who completed their internship in cmf-surgery participated. The students were randomized into two groups. Student’s competency directly after intervention and three months after the training was measured. Results: A total of 39 students were included. At both time points, the intervention group performed significantly better than the control group (p = <.001). Conclusion: The integration of teaching associates to instruct complex practical skills, has a significant positive effect on retaining transferred information on a short- and long-term basis.

Keywords

Dental education, medical education, teaching associates, complex practical skills, long term benefit, multimodal feedback, education in cmf-surgery

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