Knowledge level of students about traumatic injuries with the use of educational software

Abstract

Introduction: Educational software constitutes a tool that enriches the development of teaching and learning processes in the present century, in an information society, where knowledge and technologies invade all spheres of human life.

Objective: To determine the students' criteria and level of knowledge before and after the use of the educational software on traumatic injuries in young primary and permanent teeth, in fifth year students of Stomatology.

Method: An educational research was conducted in medical education, from November 2018 to February 2019. The sample was purposive, by 35 fifth-year undergraduate students of Stomatology, who gave informed consent.  The theoretical methods analysis-synthesis and induction-deduction were used; as empirical methods, interviews and test or quizzes.

Results: All (100%) of the students interviewed considered the usefulness of the didactic resource, the updating and quality of the contents, as well as the bibliographic contribution of the educational software presented, as good. It was observed that 29 students (82.9%) had an inadequate level of knowledge in independent work before using the educational software. After using this resource in their learning, 100% of the students achieved an adequate level.

Conclusions: Most of the students considered the proposed educational software good, the changes produced in the level of knowledge of the students were considered significant with the use of the educational software.

Keywords: learning resources, dental trauma, information and communication technologies