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ArticleJournal of pharmacy & bioallied sciences2019

Perception of Dental and Medical Teaching Faculty Regarding Mobile Dental Application.

Ricky Pal Singh, Ajithkrishnan Champettil Gopalakrishnapillai, Nagesh Bhat, Amrita Pawar

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Article in Journal of pharmacy & bioallied sciences, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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Ricky Pal SinghDepartment of Public Health Dentistry, Clinical Research Assistant - University of British Columbia - Land and Food System, Vancouver, Canada, Research Scholar Pacific Academy of Higher Education and Research Udaipur, Rajastjan.
Ajithkrishnan Champettil GopalakrishnapillaiDepartment of Public Health Dentistry, Ex-Dean, KM Shah Dental College and Hospital, Vadodara.
Nagesh BhatDepartment of Public Health Dentistry, Faculty of Dental Sciences, Al bhaha University Saudi Arabia.
Amrita PawarDepartment of Prosthodontics, Assistant Director of Admissions, CDI College/Vancouver Career College - Vancouver, Canada.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

contextMobile dental applications.

aimsThe aim of this study was to assess the attitude and awareness about use of mobile dental apps among the dental and medical teaching faculty of Ghaziabad district. SETTINGS AND

designCross-sectional questionnaire survey. MATERIALS AND

methodsAll the teaching faculty of ITS Dental College were included in the survey and were provided with the questionnaire containing three components pertaining to demographic details, prevalence, and perception regarding ideal mobile dental apps. Data were collected through Google forms and were assessed on a 5-point Likert scale. STATISTICAL ANALYSIS: Data were analyzed with descriptive statistics. For the normality of data, Kolmogorov-Smirnov test was performed, questionnaire was checked for validity and reliability using Cronbach's α analysis, and interclass correlation coefficient and chi-squared analysis were used to assess the relationship between the dental and medical teaching faculty and questionnaire response. The data were analyzed by using Statistical Package for the Social Sciences software version 23 (IBM, Armonk, New York, USA).

resultsAn intraclass correlation between the study subjects and significant association was found, which was interpretative of strong correlation among the participants (ICC = 0.273,

conclusionThe findings from the study reflected academic and technological platform for using handheld devices in clinical medical and dental setting. The ergonomics of recent handheld devices gives more comfort and portability to the users as compared to the standard operating system such as personal computers and desktop, which gives the mobile dental/medical apps an edge over them that can be used for prospective clinical settings.

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Dental educationdental studentsdigital IndiaE-healthcare managementmedical educationmobile dental apps

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PMID31920270
PMCPMC6896578

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