Perception of senior students on the methodology and biosafety protocol for COVID-19 at the School of Dentistry, University of El Salvador
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Dental student, Covid-19, Virtual education, PerceptionAbstract
The objective is to know the attitude and perception of the students on the teaching-learning strategies and biosafety protocols implemented by the Faculty of Dentistry of the Universidad de El Salvador, during confinement and postconfinement phases by COVID-19. A cross-sectional survey was conducted through a GoogleForms questionnaire with a selfregistration format sent by e-mail. The surveyed population was 55 students. The variables under study were sociodemographic, methodological strategies and biosafety measures implemented. The statistical analysis was descriptive using the SPSS program (version 26.0). The results obtained showed that 67.27 % were female; the average age was 25.7 years for both sexes; 96.36 % considered it appropriate to resume the theoretical activities through virtual modality; also 94.56 % considered that the return to the clinics took place under the standardized biosafety norms for the benefit of the teaching staff, students and patients and 63.63 % expressed being very concerned about a possible infection of COVID-19 in the performance of the social service. Finally, 100% of the students surveyed stated that they were vaccinated against COVID-19. It is concluded that the student’s perception of the implementation of the virtual methodology was favorable, the strict application of the biosafety protocol was highly beneficial and will be useful to implement it in their future social year. At the same time, they consider very important the vaccination as a measure of prevention of contagion to COVID-19
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