Evidence-based Dentistry I

3 credits · Professional

The course aims to train dental students with the necessary skills and tools needed to search and find good quality evidence that is required for evidence-based clinical decision-making in oral health care delivery. The course provides an overview of evidence-based dentistry and introduces the basic concepts of health research, including different research methods and study designs that are used in oral health research as well as the different oral health measures used in research. In addition, this course provides critical skills for searching and finding evidence-based scientific literature, and in reading and appraising the scientific literature.