{
    "abstract": "To evaluate dental students' perception of reflective practice before and after an educational intervention. Second, to investigate how it might be more effectively incorporated into dental education.\nA 2-hour session for reflective writing instructions was done as a group discussion and feedback between the instructor and the learners. A template for reflection based on Gibbs' reflective cycle was used. Fifty-one third-year dental students (academic year 2023-2024) participated in this study. Forty-four students consented and filled out an anonymous pre-session electronic survey. The survey comprised two parts including demographics (two questions) and reflective skills related part (11 questions). Twenty-nine students consented and filled out an anonymous post-session electronic survey. The survey included the same parts as the previous, as well as added opinion-related questions (2 questions).\nReflective practice was significantly appreciated among students who thought it was \"extremely important\" for dental education (\nDental students' perception of reflective practice enhanced after the educational intervention, and they favored its integration into the curriculum by organized group discussion.\nThis study supports the growing consensus that establishing reflective practice is a necessary element of becoming a healthcare professional and the recognition of reflective practice as part of continuous professional development for dental professionals. How to cite this article: Abdel-Wahed N, Sabban H, Khalifa H, ",
    "authors": [
        {
            "affiliation": "Department of Oral Diagnostic Sciences, King Abdulaziz University Faculty of Dentistry, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, Phone: +96 6545475806, e-mail: nabdulwahed@kau.edu.sa, naglaa_abdel_wahed@hotmail.com, Orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1627-9427.",
            "firstname": "Nagla'a",
            "initials": "N",
            "lastname": "Abdel-Wahed"
        },
        {
            "affiliation": "Department of Oral Diagnostic Sciences, King Abdulaziz University Faculty of Dentistry, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, Orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9237-279X.",
            "firstname": "Hanadi",
            "initials": "H",
            "lastname": "Sabban"
        },
        {
            "affiliation": "Department of Oral Diagnostic Sciences, King Abdulaziz University Faculty of Dentistry, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, Orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6129-8785.",
            "firstname": "Hanadi",
            "initials": "H",
            "lastname": "Khalifa"
        },
        {
            "affiliation": "Department of Orthodontics, King Abdulaziz University Faculty of Dentistry, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, Orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8603-4305.",
            "firstname": "Khadijah",
            "initials": "K",
            "lastname": "Turkistani"
        }
    ],
    "conclusions": "Dental students' perception of reflective practice enhanced after the educational intervention, and they favored its integration into the curriculum by organized group discussion.",
    "copyrights": null,
    "doi": "10.5005/jp-journals-10024-3798",
    "journal": "The journal of contemporary dental practice",
    "keywords": [
        "Critical thinking",
        "Dental education",
        "Professional education",
        "Reflective practice Reflective writing."
    ],
    "methods": null,
    "publication_date": "2025-03-13",
    "pubmed_id": "40079985",
    "results": "Reflective practice was significantly appreciated among students who thought it was \"extremely important\" for dental education (",
    "title": "An Appraisal of Dental Students' Perception of Integrating Reflective Practice into the Curriculum: A Pre-Post Intervention Study.",
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}