A program for dentistry students to improve the writing skills of dental record

Abstract

Introduction: the correct writing of medical records is essential for the correct treatment of patients.

Objective: to assess how a writing program aimed at writing clinical histories favors written communicative competence in students of Dentistry at the Universidad de Ciencias Médicas in Camagüey.

Method: a pre-experimental study was carried out from March to December 2020 in students of dentistry career at the Clínica Estomatológica Provincial Docente "Ismael Clark y Mascaró", located in the faculty with the same name. The population studied involved a total of 101 fifth year students and 30 of them were selected as sample. The method of interview was conducted on 10 professors. The study took place in three moments: Diagnosis, Intervention and Evaluation. The workshop procedure was chosen as the organizational form. Descriptive statistics were used for data processing.

Results: the application of rules, coherence, cohesion and the interviews quality were affected by the students unfamiliar practice on the writing process and because the short time of procedures limits reading and correction.

Conclusions: assess of the program proposed has made the possibility of getting to know the difficulties presented by the students. It promotes knowledge and awareness of the processes involved in writing and giving respect for each recursive moments through which writing takes place.