Training of Clinical Diagnostic Capacity in Future Dentists Through the Moodle Virtual Environment

Gutiérrez-Gayoso G.; Loaiza-Carrasco R.M.; Chauca J.L.Q.; Infantas G.A.B.; Malpartida-Caviedes A.; Zegarra G.R.E. · Revista Cubana de Informacion en Ciencias de la Salud (2024)

Resumen

As a consequence of the COVID-19 health emergency, academic teaching was reformulated and caused education to assume virtuality as a space to generate learning and develop clinical capabilities. The objective of the study was to determine the existing relationship between the use of Moodle virtual environment and the development of clinical diagnostic capacity in Dentistry students at a private University in Cusco, Peru. A cross-sectional analytical study was carried out with a population of 215 students and a sample of 139 Dentistry students, who were studying the clinical area, selected through non-probabilistic convenience sampling. Data was collected using a Google form. As results, it was obtained that the students in the sample are between 19 and 40 years old and the female sex predominates. 56.8% use the Moodle virtual environment efficiently and 40.3% regularly. 62.6% managed to develop, moderately, the clinical diagnostic capacity and 25.2% at a high level. Regarding the relationship between the use of Moodle virtual environment and the development of clinical diagnostic capacity, the results show values of p = 0.001 and Rho = 0.280. It is concluded that there is a positive correlation and the association established in the objective of the study is verified.

Instituciones: Universidad Nacional de San Antonio Abad del Cusco; Universidad Andina del Cusco; Universidad César Vallejo