Student´s perception on teaching performance in the Sports Activity and Oral Health optional course

Authors

  • Liuba Díaz Valdés Sancti Spíritus University of Medical Sciences.
  • Raúl Luis Valle Lizama Provincial Center for Sports Medicine. Sancti Spíritus.

Keywords:

students, dental, faculty, motor activity, education, medical

Abstract

Background: the opinion of the students is only one element among several to consider when evaluating teaching performance, but it contributes to accountability and to raising the quality of professional training in medical education.
Objective: to assess the perception of fourth-year students of the Dentistry degree on the teaching performance in the elective course Sports Activity and Oral Health in Adolescence.
Methods: a cross-sectional descriptive observational study was carried out from February to July of the 2018-2019 academic year, at the Sancti Spíritus University of Medical Sciences. Theoretical methods were applied to support the research work; empirical ones: survey in the form of a questionnaire and statistical methods. An addictive Likert-type scale was applied, consisting of 11 items before which the student was asked his opinion about the teacher in the development of the teaching-learning process.
Results: the teacher's teaching performance in the elective course Sports Activity and Oral Health in Adolescence was favorably evaluated according to the perception of the students, with a predominance of the categories Strongly agree and Agree in each of the items, only the sufficient and updated scientific literature provided by the professor showed some opinions of disagreement.
Conclusions: this experience constituted a tool for the continuous improvement of the teacher and the quality training of the students, which has repercussions in better dental care for the population.

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Author Biographies

Liuba Díaz Valdés, Sancti Spíritus University of Medical Sciences.

Doctor in Stomatology. II Degree Specialist in Comprehensive General Stomatology. Doctor in Pedagogical Sciences. Associate Professor. Assistant Researcher. Director of the Provincial Council of Scientific Health Societies of Sancti Spíritus.

Raúl Luis Valle Lizama, Provincial Center for Sports Medicine. Sancti Spíritus.

Doctor in medicine. First Degree Specialist in Comprehensive General Medicine and Sports Medicine. Assistant teacher.

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Published

2020-10-01

How to Cite

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Díaz Valdés L, Valle Lizama RL. Student´s perception on teaching performance in the Sports Activity and Oral Health optional course. EDUMEC [Internet]. 2020 Oct. 1 [cited 2025 Jul. 1];12(4). Available from: https://revedumecentro.sld.cu/index.php/edumc/article/view/1593

Issue

Vol. 12 No. 4 (2020)

Section

ARTÍCULO ORIGINAL

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