The Impact of Sars-Cov-2 on Educational Climate in Dental Students in Instituto Universitário de Ciências da Saúde

Abstract

Introduction: Students' perception of EC influences academic performance, and its analysis provides essential information to improve it. Objective: To evaluate the perception of 3rd and 5th grade students regarding EC, BP and DP. Compare results obtained BP with institutions in different countries. Materials and Methods: A descriptive, cross-sectional study involving IUCS MIMD students, who answered the DREEM questionnaire, between March 20 and April 20, 2021. Results: The overall DREEM and its 5 subscales were analyzed, with BP as PD, the perception was "more positive than negative". There were statistically significant differences when comparing the results obtained by 3rd and 5th grade students, BP and PD, with effect magnitude from high to very high. It is noteworthy that 3rd graders have more positive perceptions compared to 5th graders, BP and DP. Discussion: The 3rd year students felt more strongly the difficulties inherent to the Covid-19 pandemic, while in the 5th year students DP was less significant compared to the BP period, perhaps due to the fact that they maintain the face-to-face clinical classes. A negative point is associated with the scarce support system for students with stress problems. Conclusion: The CE and its subscales are perceived more positively than negatively by IUCS students. The SP subscale was the most positively evaluated and the TP obtained lower results. When compared to studies conducted in other countries, the IUCS is one of the institutions with more satisfactory results.