title: Students' perceptions of seminar and lecture-based teaching in restorative dentistry.
abstract: In an era of self-directed learning, it is important to seek the views of dental students regarding their learning experience. Using an anonymous questionnaire, clinical dental students' perceptions of seminar and lecture-based teaching in restorative dentistry were sought. 116 of 136 questionnaires circulated were returned for analysis giving a response rate of 85%. Clinical seminars as opposed to lectures were, in the opinion of the students, a more effective way of learning, more relevant to self-development and more interactive. Seminar-based learning was considered to be more amenable to self-direction than formal didactic lectures. It is concluded that the students included in this study were found to prefer seminar-based learning opportunities as opposed to more traditional styles of learning, specifically, didactic lectures.
authors.affiliation: University Dental Hospital of Manchester, Higher Cambridge Street, Manchester, UK.
authors.forename: P A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Brunton
authors.forename: L A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Morrow
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Hoad-Reddick
authors.forename: J F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: McCord
authors.forename: N H
authors.initials: NH
authors.lastname: Wilson
mesh_terms: D001290:Attitude; D003793:Dental Restoration, Permanent; D003814:Dentistry, Operative / Q000193:education*; D006801:Humans; D007858:Learning; D018794:Problem-Based Learning; D015397:Program Evaluation; D020377:Self Efficacy; D013335:Students, Dental; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013663:Teaching / Q000379:methods*