TY  - JOUR
AU  - Vuković, Ana
AU  - Jovanović Milanović, Olja
AU  - Vranješević, Jelena
AU  - Popovac, Aleksandra
AU  - Perić, Tamara
AU  - Marković, Dejan
PY  - 2023
UR  - http://reff.f.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/5874
AB  - Introduction
Comprehensive and interprofessional undergraduate teaching and training in special care dentistry (SCD) could influence future dentists’ attitudes towards patients with disabilities. The aim of the study was to assess the influence of role play as part of SCD training on the attitudes of undergraduates towards patients with disabilities.

Method
The students attending the SCD module during the autumn semester of 2019 comprised our target population. A quasi-experimental design was used to compare the attitudinal scores between three groups of students exposed to different modalities of SCD teaching: group 1 – didactic teaching (N = 92), group 2 – didactic teaching and clinical training in the dental treatment of children or elderly patients with disabilities (N = 142), group 3 – theoretical teaching and clinical training, accompanied by role play sessions featuring persons with disabilities (N = 20). The contact rate was 100%. The outcomes of the intervention were measured using the altruism scale, which forms part of the International Association for Disability and Oral Health (iADH) Toolbox for measuring attitudes and intended behaviors towards persons with disabilities.

Results
The analysis revealed the two-factor structure of the nine-item altruism scale. The first factor was described as the acceptance of oral health care as a universal human right, while the second was the perception of the contribution of marginalised groups, including people with disabilities, to the community. The students participating in the role play scored higher on both factors in comparison to those attending other modes of SCD training.

Conclusion
The presented findings suggested role play as a powerful tool in fostering positive attitudes towards persons with disabilities in the education of dental students and highlighted the importance of multidisciplinary training.
PB  - Wiley Online Library
T2  - Special Care in Dentistry
T1  - Using role play to develop positive attitudes toward people with disabilities among dental students: An exploratory pilot study
EP  - 814
IS  - 6
SP  - 806
VL  - 43
DO  - https://doi.org/10.1111/scd.12816
ER  - 

@article{
author = "Vuković, Ana and Jovanović Milanović, Olja and Vranješević, Jelena and Popovac, Aleksandra and Perić, Tamara and Marković, Dejan",
year = "2023",
abstract = "Introduction
Comprehensive and interprofessional undergraduate teaching and training in special care dentistry (SCD) could influence future dentists’ attitudes towards patients with disabilities. The aim of the study was to assess the influence of role play as part of SCD training on the attitudes of undergraduates towards patients with disabilities.

Method
The students attending the SCD module during the autumn semester of 2019 comprised our target population. A quasi-experimental design was used to compare the attitudinal scores between three groups of students exposed to different modalities of SCD teaching: group 1 – didactic teaching (N = 92), group 2 – didactic teaching and clinical training in the dental treatment of children or elderly patients with disabilities (N = 142), group 3 – theoretical teaching and clinical training, accompanied by role play sessions featuring persons with disabilities (N = 20). The contact rate was 100%. The outcomes of the intervention were measured using the altruism scale, which forms part of the International Association for Disability and Oral Health (iADH) Toolbox for measuring attitudes and intended behaviors towards persons with disabilities.

Results
The analysis revealed the two-factor structure of the nine-item altruism scale. The first factor was described as the acceptance of oral health care as a universal human right, while the second was the perception of the contribution of marginalised groups, including people with disabilities, to the community. The students participating in the role play scored higher on both factors in comparison to those attending other modes of SCD training.

Conclusion
The presented findings suggested role play as a powerful tool in fostering positive attitudes towards persons with disabilities in the education of dental students and highlighted the importance of multidisciplinary training.",
publisher = "Wiley Online Library",
journal = "Special Care in Dentistry",
title = "Using role play to develop positive attitudes toward people with disabilities among dental students: An exploratory pilot study",
pages = "814-806",
number = "6",
volume = "43",
doi = "https://doi.org/10.1111/scd.12816"
}

Vuković, A., Jovanović Milanović, O., Vranješević, J., Popovac, A., Perić, T.,& Marković, D.. (2023). Using role play to develop positive attitudes toward people with disabilities among dental students: An exploratory pilot study. in Special Care in Dentistry
Wiley Online Library., 43(6), 806-814.
https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1111/scd.12816

Vuković A, Jovanović Milanović O, Vranješević J, Popovac A, Perić T, Marković D. Using role play to develop positive attitudes toward people with disabilities among dental students: An exploratory pilot study. in Special Care in Dentistry. 2023;43(6):806-814.
doi:https://doi.org/10.1111/scd.12816 .

Vuković, Ana, Jovanović Milanović, Olja, Vranješević, Jelena, Popovac, Aleksandra, Perić, Tamara, Marković, Dejan, "Using role play to develop positive attitudes toward people with disabilities among dental students: An exploratory pilot study" in Special Care in Dentistry, 43, no. 6 (2023):806-814,
https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1111/scd.12816 . .