COVID-19 Pandemisinin Endodontistlerin Sürekli Mesleki Gelişimleri Üzerine Etkisinin Etkisi: Kapsamlı Bir Anket Çalışması

Abstract

Objective: Continuing professional development (CPD) is a lifelong process that continues despite all kinds of obstacles. The aim of this study was to evaluate of endodontists' attitudes towards CPD during the coronavirus disease-2019 pandemic and online educational resources (OERs). Material and Methods: A questionnaire on demographic data and preferred resources before and after the pandemic was sent to 554 potential participants via e-mail. A chi-square test and multivariate logistic regression test were conducted on the obtained data at a 5% significance level. Results: One hundred seventy five participants responded to the survey. Of all the participants, 67% were women and 45% were academicians. Since the pandemic began, OERs have been preferred over traditional resources, but traditional ones were considered more useful than OERs. Most of the respondents believed that contagion concerns represented the greatest obstacle to CPD. Gender and experience were related to the perception that the pandemic affected the respondents' CPD activities (p<0.001). Specialty/ PhD students tended to benefit more than others from OERs (p<0.05). The respondents mostly considered that OERs are comfortable and advantageous in terms of time, cost, professional knowledge and skill. Conclusion: The resources endodontists chose for CPD activities seemed to have changed in favour of OERs during the pandemic despite their lower perceived usefulness as compared with traditional resources.