Comparing stressful factors among dental students pre and during COVID-19 pandemic
Introduction: COVID-19 pandemic has negatively affected higher education due to the sudden need to shift to an online mode of teaching and learning which is new to the students and lecturers. Dental students are impacted by this type of teaching and learning as a considerable portion of their curr...
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2022
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| Summary: | Introduction: COVID-19 pandemic has negatively affected higher education due to the sudden need
to shift to an online mode of teaching and learning which is new to the students and lecturers. Dental
students are impacted by this type of teaching and learning as a considerable portion of their curriculum
requires clinical training on real patients. This study aimed to compare the stressful factor among dental
students during COVID-19 pandemic with stressors assessed before the pandemic. Methods: This
study was conducted among dental students during COVID-19 Movement control order where online
teaching and learning were implemented. Dental students at Kulliyyah of Dentistry, International
Islamic University Malaysia were given a list of possible stressful factors and were asked to rate these
stressors on a scale from 0 (I don’t consider it a stressful factor/Does not apply to me) to 4 (I consider
it an extreme stressor). The results were compared to the source of stressors among dental students
before COVID-19 pandemic. Results: There are consistent stressors before and during COVID-19
pandemic such as ‘lack of motivation to learn’, ‘Fear of failing or unable to catch up’, ‘feeling
incompetent’, ‘Fear of unemployment after graduation’ however the ranking and mean score of these
stressors increased during COVID-19 pandemic. New stressors emerged during the pandemic which
were ‘Understanding lecturers during online classes’, ‘Cannot catch up with online learning’, ‘Fear of
not completing clinical requirements/logbook’. Conclusion: Academic related stressors consistently
exist among dental students however their severity increased during COVID-19 pandemic. Academic
institutions need to adopt strategies to alleviate the newly emerging stressors related to the effect of
pandemic on teaching and learning |
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