Preclinical dental students and their learning environment: A wellbeing perspective.

Objectives: Preclinical dental education can challenge students' wellbeing. These challenges are multifaceted and are experienced differently across student populations. However, an in-depth understanding of these challenges and the changes in the students' response to them remains limited.

Assessment of the students' performance and support needs in a novel digital carving exercise.

Objectives: In recent years, digital technology has been rapidly expanding in dental practice, which entails an early integration of digital dentistry into the preclinical dental curriculum. This study introduces first-year dental students to a digital carving exercise and investigates its role in enhancing their understanding and performance in traditional wax carving activities. Another objective was to explore the students' challenges and needs for support in the digital carving activity.

Thriving in foreign learning environments: The case of hands-on activities in early years of dental education.

Objectives: Hands-on learning environments can challenge learners' wellbeing in dental education, given their unfamiliarity with students. As today's learners are more aware about their wellbeing needs, it is important to explore the depth and complexity of the challenges they experience and provide them with the necessary support strategies. This study aims to identify the challenges and sources of cognitive overload of early years' dental students across two time-points: 2012 and 2022.

The six-domain well-being framework in oral health sciences: A pathway from theory to practice.

Objectives: Well-being is a complex and multifaceted construct that has gained popularity in oral health sciences education. Maintaining students' well-being is essential for their academic performance and quality of life. While many definitions and frameworks of well-being exist, their applicability to oral health sciences education remains unknown.

Exploring students' perspectives from two Canadian dental schools toward online learning experiences.

Objectives: The utilization of online teaching and learning in dental education has grown during the past two academic years. In addition to its numerous advantages, the modality also has its limitations. The objective of this qualitative study was to explore the perceptions of oral health sciences students at the University of British Columbia (UBC) and the University of Toronto (UofT) regarding their experiences with online learning over the course of 2 pandemic-impacted years.

Students' resilience and mental health in the dental curriculum.

Objectives: Dental education is perceived as a source of students' psychological and occupational stress. Resilience has been proposed as a protective factor that may support students' in managing that stress. The objectives of this study were twofold: to map the mental health and well-being content in the curriculum of the Faculty of Dentistry (FoD) at the University of British Columbia (UBC) and to investigate factors influencing resilience levels amongst dental students at UBC.

Mental health outcomes and help-seeking behaviours among Egyptian medical students: A cross-sectional study.

Aim: Approximately half of the population in Egypt is under the age of 25. Globally, mental illness represents the highest burden of disease in this age group. Yet in Egypt, there is still no youth-specific mental health system in place and the vast majority of young people do not have access to any professional mental health support.

Mental health and wellness in Canadian dental schools: Findings from a national study.

Objectives: To survey the mental health and wellbeing content in the curricula, services, and activities of the 10 Canadian dental schools, and to explore the specifics of this area in the Faculty of Dentistry (FoD) at The University of British Columbia (UBC).

Methods: An electronic survey consisted of four major categories: curricular activities and services, structural approaches, infrastructural approaches, and evaluation methods, was distributed to all Canadian dental schools. A situational analysis was conducted at UBC's FoD via document appraisal and key informants' exploratory interviews.

Unmet service needs and barriers to care of individuals experiencing absolute homelessness in Edmonton, Canada: a cross-sectional survey.

Purpose: Individuals experiencing absolute homelessness have complex needs but limited access to services, contributing to high rates of morbidity and mortality. The aim of this article is to describe the perceived unmet service needs of individuals experiencing absolute homelessness, identify their barriers to care, and examine factors associated with specific unmet service needs.

Methods: Using a cross-sectional survey, 150 individuals experiencing absolute homelessness were recruited from Edmonton's inner city and adjoining areas.

Uncertainties around COVID-19 from the perspectives of oral health care workers during the first wave of SARS-CoV-2 infections in British Columbia, Canada.

Background: The first wave of COVID-19 infections caused disturbances in all aspects of personal and professional lives. The aim of this study was to explore the ways in which that first wave of novel coronavirus infections resulted in uncertainties, as experienced by members of the oral health care workforce in British Columbia, Canada.

Methods: This qualitative inquiry purposefully recruited frontline oral health care workers, including dentists, dental hygienists, certified dental assistants, and administrative staff, via remote semi-structured interviews between April 20 and May 4, 2020.

A Pan-Canadian narrative review on the protocols for reopening dental services during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The current coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic is impacting the way in which dental services are provided. The aim of this narrative review was twofold: to summarize key areas from the Canadian protocols available for the reopening and restructuring of dental services across the country and to critically review these protocols based on existing evidence. A narrative review of the existing Canadian protocols, written in English and French, was undertaken between April 15 and July 13, 2020.

Impact of Blended Learning on Dental Students' Performance and Satisfaction in Clinical Education.

The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of a blended learning model with a flipped classroom approach in a clinical dental education setting based on student performance and perceptions. Comparisons were made between blended learning and traditional methods for all fourth-year dental students in two consecutive cohorts in a conservative dentistry course at a dental school in Jordan. The 2016-17 cohort (control group) consisted of 364 students taught with conventional methods.

Debate as an Adjunct Tool in Teaching Undergraduate Dental Students.

This work is an attempt to explore the potential of a new educational method that integrates debate as a teaching tool. This new teaching method was implemented into a single academic semester of an undergraduate bachelor of dentistry program. We sought to combine knowledge delivery with high-level debate between student debaters, and with the active participation of the audience who were themselves students.