Knowledge and Attitude of Dental Interns on Child Abuse

Cairo University (CU)

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Child Abuse

Treatments: Other: interactive lecture; Other: online education

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03758794

nld201151

Details and patient eligibility

About

1. Knowledge and attitude of dental interns of the pediatric dental department regarding child abuse recognition and reporting will be assessed 2 times before and after attending one of 2 learning modules ( interactive lecture or online module ) assessment through a questionnaire
2. assessment of the learning experience through a written questionnaire

Full description

1. An introduction with the aim of the study will be given to all the interns of the pediatric dentistry department, Faculty of Dentistry, Cairo University during a regular scheduled seminar.
2. All interns willing to join the study will be asked to sign an informed consent.
3. A pre-test questionnaire on recognition and reporting of child abuse will be given to the participants
4. The participants will be randomly allocated to 2 study groups Online Group: (this group will receive the educational material through an online educational module ) Lecture Group: (this group will receive the educational material through an interactive lecture based educational module )
5. A post-test same as the pre-test will be used to assess the change in knowledge and attitude regarding child abuse recognition and reporting after the completion of the assigned educational module.
6. All participants that attended both educational modules will be asked to answer a small questionnaire about their perceptions regarding the learning experience.

Enrollment: 138 estimated patients

Sex: All

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Dental Interns enrolled in the Pediatric Dentistry and Dental Public Health Department, Faculty of Dentistry, Cairo University
• Participants of both genders
• Graduates of any dental school in Egypt

Exclusion criteria

• Participants who refused to sign the consent
• Participants who won't be able to have online access to the material

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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138 participants in 2 patient groups

interactive lecture module

Active Comparator group

Description:

interactive lecture

Treatment:

Other: interactive lecture

online educational module

Active Comparator group

Description:

online educational using a special link

Treatment:

Other: online education