Christine Olsen, Daniel Adrian Lungu
Effectiveness of a Smartphone App (Heia Meg) in Improving Decisions About Nutrition and Physical Activity: Prospective Longitudinal Study
JMIR formative research
dental public health dph education prepares future workforce promote positive oral health behaviors prevent oral diseases monitor disease distribution trends taking considerations best practices needs available resources scarce information available dental education african countries egypt greatest number dental schools africa study assessed undergraduate dph education egyptian universities including topics taught methods teaching assessment academics specialties survey targeted 43 egyptian universities bachelor dentistry bds programs identified website supreme council egyptian universities 2022 thirtysix deans could reached post email survey appraised school profile capacity methods teaching assessment dph courses undergraduate dental programs survey also inquired taught dph courses covered courses descriptive statistics displayed received 21 583 responses 36 deans senior officials universities 524 private 476 public participants reported dph courses bds programs taught pediatric dentistry academics 714 dph academics 571 3rd 4th 5th years 5year bds programs teaching dph consisted facetoface lectures 100 seminars 952 assessment included written exams close ended questions 952 openended questions 714 twenty schools reported teaching definition dph definition oral health determinants oral diseases nine schools addressed planning oral health services five schools taught remuneration payment systems teaching assessment dph egyptian dental schools use traditional methods limited active engagement students variations among schools exist dph topics covered instructors primarily specialized dph development dental oral health services calls emphasis dph education curriculum egypt