Student Perception of Online Teaching in Undergraduate Dental Education in Bangladesh: A Qualitative Study
, Labuda Sultana 2, Salahuddin Al Azad 3, Nurun Nahar 4, Vikram Chode 5, Sayeeda Rahman 6 and Md Anwarul Azim Majumder 7
Round 1
Reviewer 1 Report
The research design is appropriate. Sample size is relevant. The paper will add new knowledge in the field.
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Reviewer 2 Report
Dear colleagues,
congratulations on conducting this research. Your manuscript perfectly describes the obstacles we faced while teaching dental curriculum online during the pandemic. Please consider the following comments for your review:
1 Please revise the structure of your manuscript according to COREQ standard of reporting for qualitative research: https://www.equator-network.org/reporting-guidelines/coreq/.
2 ll. 70-72: please give a source.
3 ll. 75-77: please give sources.
4 ll. 81-83: please give sources.
5 ll. 89-91: Please describe how clinical courses were completed without patient contact?
6 ll. 94-96: Please give more information: Was there some sort of governmental support? Are colleges in Bangladesh public or private? Were there any differences in teaching depending on the school being funded privately or publicly?
7 Regarding Materials and Methods: Please explain in more detail how students were taught practical knowledge without in person training. What kind of lectures were given? Were they live and interactive in anyway or recordings of a lecture, that could be viewed at any time?
8 ll: 108: Please describe in detail how this guideline was developed? Which framework was used?
9 Regarding Results and Discussion: Please always state the ratio of how many students out of which groups gave which answer, e.g. l. 160/161.
10 ll. 181-185: Any idea why the results were so different?
11 Regarding Results and Discussion: Please always state if students who are being cited are in the clinical or preclinical part of their dental education.
12 ll. 208/209: Why? Is it because clinical students need patient interaction? Please elaborate.
13 ll. 239-243: Why is that? Please give some sources that explain learning environments are dependent on social interaction, maybe from a psychological point of view.
14 Was there some background information on the participants, e.g. socio-economic standing, living conditions, family conditions (living alone, at home, married, children, sick relatives,..), health related problems… This could be interesting in regards of at home barriers for internet education
15 Please add some limitations of this study, e.g. that the interview was conducted online via zoom which constricts the ability of participants to interrupt each other and give spontaneous response compared to in person focus group discussions.
16 Please talk more about possible barriers and enablers of online dental education.
I believe, that this manuscript will surely leave an impact on research focusing on improving online education in dentistry.
Nonetheless, some revisions are necessary before the final acceptance.
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