Medical legislation – educational needs assessment for dental students • JML Journal of Medicine and Life

2017, Volume 10, Issue 1, pp 56 – 59

Medical legislation – educational needs assessment for dental students

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Piţuru SM ^*

Nanu A ^*

Bucur A ^**

* *Discipline of Work Organization and Legislation in Dentistry, “Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, School of Dentistry, Bucharest, Romania

** **Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Discipline, “Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, School of Dentistry, Bucharest, Romania

Correspondence to: Silviu Mirel Piţuru, DMD, MD, PhD student, Assistant Professor, Discipline of Work Organization and Legislation in Dentistry, “Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, School of Dentistry, Bucharest, 37 Dionisie Lupu Street, Code: 020021, Bucharest, Mobile phone: +40722 488 675, E-mail: piturus@yahoo.com

Abstract

Rationale (hypothesis): Many studies have highlighted the vulnerabilities in medical practice due to the legislation ignorance. Therefore, developing special programs for students training is needed and has become imperative.

Objective: This research aimed to identify the educational needs for the 5th year students in “Carol Davila” School of Dentistry in Bucharest, related to the legislation in dentistry and its area of application.

Methods and results: 199 students were invited to respond to a specially designed questionnaire. The questionnaire had 11 closed-response questions and the answers were statistically analyzed. The results indicated many educational needs in all the areas of investigation.

Discussion: “Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy is the first university in Romania that created a new discipline in the School of Dentistry, called Work Organization and Legislation in Medicine and Dentistry.

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