Horizon of Medical Education Development

Exploration of Dental Students' Experience on Hidden Curriculum in Yazd: A Qualitative Study

https://doi.org/10.22038/hmed.2024.78573.1346
Volume 16, Issue 1
Winter 2025
Pages 55-69
Horizon of Medical Education Development

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

Nahid Jamshidian Ghaleshahi 1
Saber Babazadeh 2
Seyyed Hossien Razavi 3
Mohammad Khodabakhsh 4
Seyyed Mostafa Mahmoudi 5

1 General Dental Practitioner, Isfahan, Iran.

2 Department of Oral Health and Social Dentistry, Faculty of Dentistry, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran.

3 Department of Oral, Maxillofacial Radiology, Faculty of Dentistry, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Yazd, Iran

4 Dentist, Private Practice, Yazd, Iran

5 Department of Oral, Maxillofacial Patology, Faculty of Dentistry, Shahid Sadougi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Yazd, Iran.

Abstract
Introduction: The hidden curriculum is the strongest way to convey the values of the medical profession. Adequate identification and attention to it can make a better and more comprehensive understanding and improvement of clinical skills training. The aim of this study was to explore the experiences of dental students using the hidden curriculum.
Materials & Methods:  In this qualitative study, the content analysis approach was used to discover the hidden aspects of students' learning from their professors. Data were collected through in-depth and semi-structured interviews with 20 postgraduate students of Shahid Sadoughi dental school in Yazd in person and by telephone. The interviews were transcribed after recording. Sentences and statements related to the purpose of the study were extracted, coded and classified from the text of the interviews. The content analysis method was utilized.
Results: The hidden curriculum from the students' perspective was identified in four main themes: professors’ interactions, dealing with errors and problems, educational rules and regulations, and interpersonal discrimination, and twelve subthemes. These themes indicated the importance of practical training as well as the role modeling of students by their professors, especially in the clinical field.
Conclusion: The results of this study show the effect of the hidden curriculum in teaching and learning students, and the results of this study can be useful in improving the capabilities related to the educational role of dental professors.

Keywords

Hidden curriculum
Dentistry
Qualitative study
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