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Decreasing performance anxiety in the clinical setting during COVID‐19 pandemic
Author(s) -
Pastan Christina DiBona,
Zandona Andrea Ferreira
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of dental education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.53
H-Index - 68
eISSN - 1930-7837
pISSN - 0022-0337
DOI - 10.1002/jdd.12424
Subject(s) - endodontics , covid-19 , medicine , library science , pandemic , family medicine , medical education , dentistry , disease , computer science , infectious disease (medical specialty)
In response to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, dental schools closed their clinics, disrupting dental students’ clinical training. Dental school is a time of immense stress for most dental students, and professional students suffer from performance anxiety more than ever.1 This can be a debilitating experience for students during preparation and while performing dental procedures. In planning the reopening of our dental clinics, we acknowledged that students would potentially experience increased anxiety when returning to practice2 (Figure 1).