Hanna Jeong, Youngsuk Kim
[Structural Equation Modeling of Health Promotion Behavior on Migrant Workers: A Multi-Group Analysis Based on the Period of Residence]
Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing
clinicians across entire medical profession responsible detection prevention imparting importance oral health patients however many studies conducted far show lack knowledge medical students regarding dental conditions present observational study undertaken evaluate knowledge oral manifestations systemic diseases amongst medical students undergoing internship program tertiary centre selfstructured questionnaire comprising 20 questions used survey tool assess understanding 100 medical students undergoing internship program explained purpose study questionnaire consisted objective part yesno 7 questions subjective part designed likert scale13 questions questions view current curriculum dentistry medical undergraduate training possible enhancement teaching modalities subjective part five options choose strongly agree agree neutral disagree strongly disagree responses objective questions recorded percentage calculated options total score obtained participant based reponses subjective questions based likert scale student ttest applied calculate means male female students objective questions percentage calculated affirmative negative responses responses calculated scale51 subjective questions reverse scoring done questions 101112 e scale 15 maximum achievable score category 65 divided three category excellent score range 5565 good score range 4554 unsatisfactory score range 3544 number students excellent category 11 good 66 unsatisfactory 23 average score obtained 48175 mean scores males 480161 females 48142 scores slightly better females difference statistically insignificant pvalue 0455056 present study showed good level knowledge oral manifestations systemic diseases among medical students compared studies forms integral part medical curriculum students responses enhancing dental curriculum teaching aids improved education tools help faculty provide better teaching learning experience