Table 1 Awareness and learning levels of ECC among dental undergraduates and residents (N = 422)
Responding, n (%) | Total, n (%) | p Value by Chi-square test | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Undergraduates | Residents | ||||||
4th-year | 5th-year | 1st-year | 2nd-year | 3rd-year | |||
Have you ever heard of ECC? | |||||||
Yes | 37 (60.7) | 37 (68.5) | 77 (84.6) | 90 (81.8) | 85 (80.2) | 326 (77.3) | 0.002 |
No | 24 (39.3) | 17 (31.5) | 14 (15.3) | 20 (18.2) | 21 (19.8) | 96 (22.8) | |
Are you familiar with ECC? | |||||||
Yes | 13 (21.3) | 14 (25.9) | 26 (28.6) | 32 (29.1) | 31 (29.3) | 116 (27.5) | 0.810 |
No | 48 (78.7) | 40 (74.1) | 65 (71.4) | 78 (70.9) | 75 (70.8) | 306 (72.5) | |
Have you received any ECC instruction or training? | |||||||
Yes | 11 (18.0) | 10 (18.5) | 19 (20.9) | 26 (23.6) | 16 (15.1) | 82 (19.4) | 0.602 |
No | 50 (82.0) | 44 (81.5) | 72 (79.1) | 84 (76.4) | 90 (84.9) | 340 (80.6) | |
Do you want to learn about ECC more systematically? | |||||||
Yes | 58 (95.1) | 50 (92.6) | 86 (94.5) | 100 (90.9) | 102 (96.2) | 396 (93.8) | 0.548 |
No | 3 (4.9) | 4 (7.4) | 5 (5.5) | 10 (9.1) | 4 (3.8) | 26 (6.2) | |
What are your main ways to learn oral knowledge? | |||||||
Textbooks | 52 (85.3) | 48 (88.9) | 59 (64.8) | 71 (64.6) | 71 (67.0) | 301 (71.3) | 0.001 |
Lectures | 4 (6.6) | 2 (3.7) | 15 (16.5) | 14 (12.7) | 14 (13.2) | 49 (11.6) | |
Journals | 2 (3.3) | 2 (3.7) | 11 (12.1) | 12 (10.9) | 19 (17.9) | 46 (10.9) | |
Internet | 3 (4.9) | 2 (3.7) | 6 (6.6) | 13 (11.8) | 2 (1.9) | 26 (6.2) | |
Which part do you want to study in ECC? (multiple choice) | |||||||
Etiology | 31 (50.8) | 25 (46.3) | 46 (50.6) | 55 (50.0) | 57 (53.8) | 214 (50.7) | 0.933 |
Epidemiology | 31 (50.8) | 23 (42.6) | 41 (45.0) | 42 (38.2) | 40 (37.7) | 177 (41.9) | 0.440 |
Clinical manifestation | 49 (80.3) | 42 (77.8) | 77 (84.6) | 90 (81.8) | 81 (76.4) | 339 (80.3) | 0.651 |
Therapy | 58 (95.1) | 51 (94.4) | 89 (97.8) | 106 (96.4) | 100 (94.3) | 404 (95.7) | 0.764 |
Prevention | 51 (83.6) | 48 (88.9) | 82 (90.1) | 97 (88.2) | 92 (86.8) | 370 (87.7) | 0.807 |