The availability of open-access videos offered by dental schools

Marco Antonio Dias da Silva; Andresa Costa Pereira; Anthony Damien Walmsley

doi:10.1111/eje.12461

The availability of open-access videos offered by dental schools

Marco Antonio Dias da Silva, Andresa Costa Pereira, Anthony Damien Walmsley

Dentistry

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Abstract

BACKGROUND: The Internet has become an established learning tool in dental education where students can access online videos on a range of dental subjects. However, finding reliable peer-reviewed content is not straightforward.

AIM: To evaluate the video content offered by UK and Republic of Ireland (RoI) Dental Schools on their YouTube channels and public websites.

METHODS: Free videos offered on UK and RoI Dental schools websites and YouTube channels were watched and set according to its purpose, as educational or non-educational. The number of views, length, category and date of publication were analysed.

RESULTS: A total of 627 videos offered by dental courses were evaluated. Videos were available on 83% of the websites, but only 9% was educational content. Dental courses YouTube channels received more than 2.3 million views, but less than 5% of the material offered is educational. Instructional videos found on the websites (3.2 min) were shorter than those found on YouTube (8.5 min) (P = .03). The majority of the videos, provided by Universities, were not educational and focused on promoting the dental courses. Most websites have demonstrated a password-protected area where quality content may be offered.

CONCLUSION: Students wishing to watch instructional videos will find limited educational content provided by UK and RoI dental courses. Therefore, they are likely to access course-related material elsewhere on the Internet that may not be necessarily peer-reviewed.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	522-526
Journal	European Journal of Dental Education
Issue number	4
Early online date	20 Aug 2019
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/eje.12461
Publication status	Published - Nov 2019

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Funding Information:
This study was funded by the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Sklodowska‐Curie grants.

Publisher Copyright:
© 2019 John Wiley & Sons A/S. Published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd

Keywords

complimentary content
online learning
teaching

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Education
Dentistry(all)

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This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Dias da Silva, MA, Pereira, AC, Walmsley, AD. The availability of open‐access videos offered by dental schools. Eur J Dent Educ. 2019; 00: 1– 5, which has been published in final form at https://doi.org/10.1111/eje.12461. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Use of Self-Archived Versions.
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