@article{06773de3a5f0466ba1e1eee4eb4e0afb,
title = "Effect of online learning for dental education in asia during the pandemic of COVID-19",
abstract = "Background/purpose: Online learning has been utilized in the world to continue educational activities in dentistry, which was severely affected by the pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). The purpose of this study was aimed to evaluate the effect of online learning during the pandemic of COVID-19 in different dental schools of different countries in Asia by the questionnaire survey. Materials and methods: Mantel-Haenszel chi-square tests were used to analyze the difference between dental schools with and without shutdown. A questionnaire-based online survey was used to evaluate the online learning effect on undergraduate students in 13 dental schools of 7 Asia countries and regions. Results: For the question that blended learning class has better learning efficiency, the agreement rate was significantly higher in the students (80.3%) from the dental schools that did not suspend face-to-face education activities than in the students (50.3%) from the dental school that was shut down. Conclusion: Within the limitation of this study, it is concluded that a combination of physical and online classes in terms of blended learning courses will be the future trend for dental education.",
keywords = "Blended learning, Coronavirus disease 2019, Dental education, Online learning",
author = "Chang, {Tsai Yu} and Hsu, {Ming Lun} and Kwon, {Jae Sung} and Kusdhany, {MF Lindawati S.} and Guang Hong",
note = "Funding Information: The authors wish to thank all of those dental educators from different dental schools of different countries, i.e. Dr. Agung Sosiawan, Airlangga University, Indonesia; Dr. Narumanas Korwanich, Chiang Mai University, Thailand; Dr. Supachai Chuenjitwongsa and Dr. Auychai Prim, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand; Dr. Seow Liang Lin, International Medical University, Malaysia; Dr. Nobuhiro Takahashi, Tohoku University, Japan; Dr. Masahiro Nishimura, Kagoshima University, Japan; Dr. Hiroshi Murata, Nagasaki University, Japan; Dr. Yang Cheng-Chieh, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taiwan; Dr. Samroeng In-glam and Dr. Prathip Phantumvanit, Thammasat University, Thailand; Dr. Thomas F. Flemmig, The University of Hong Kong, China; Dr. M F Lindawati S Kusdhany, Universitas Indonesia, Indonesia; Dr. Zhuan Bian, Wuhan University, China, Dr. Jae-Sung Kwon, Yonsei University, Korea; who have contributed to this survey. The authors appreciate Dr. Po-Yen Lin and Dr. Chia-Yu Lin for their assistance in statistical analysis. This research is partially granted by the Project of {"} Promoting of new southbound oral health training and collaborative platform, M09B4426?, Ministry of Health and Welfare, Taiwan. Funding Information: The authors wish to thank all of those dental educators from different dental schools of different countries, i.e., Dr. Agung Sosiawan, Airlangga University, Indonesia; Dr. Narumanas Korwanich, Chiang Mai University, Thailand; Dr. Supachai Chuenjitwongsa and Dr. Auychai Prim, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand; Dr. Seow Liang Lin, International Medical University, Malaysia; Dr. Nobuhiro Takahashi, Tohoku University, Japan; Dr. Masahiro Nishimura, Kagoshima University, Japan; Dr. Hiroshi Murata, Nagasaki University, Japan; Dr. Yang Cheng-Chieh, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taiwan; Dr. Samroeng In-glam and Dr. Prathip Phantumvanit, Thammasat University, Thailand; Dr. Thomas F. Flemmig, The University of Hong Kong, China; Dr. M F Lindawati S Kusdhany, Universitas Indonesia, Indonesia; Dr. Zhuan Bian, Wuhan University, China, Dr. Jae-Sung Kwon, Yonsei University, Korea; who have contributed to this survey. The authors appreciate Dr. Po-Yen Lin and Dr. Chia-Yu Lin for their assistance in statistical analysis. This research is partially granted by the Project of {"} Promoting of new southbound oral health training and collaborative platform, M09B4426”, Ministry of Health and Welfare, Taiwan . Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2021 Association for Dental Sciences of the Republic of China",
year = "2021",
month = oct,
doi = "10.1016/j.jds.2021.06.006",
language = "English",
volume = "16",
pages = "1095--1101",
journal = "Journal of Dental Sciences",
issn = "1991-7902",
publisher = "Association for Dental Sciences of the Republic of China",
number = "4",
}