Resilience in oral health professional education: a scoping review

Long, Ruby, Forty, Liz and Field, James ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5462-4156 2024. Resilience in oral health professional education: a scoping review. European Journal of Dental Education 28 (4) , pp. 978-994. 10.1111/eje.13034

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Abstract

Introduction: Resilience is defined as an individual's capacity to effectively adapt in the face of challenges without detrimental effects on their health and well‐being. This scoping review identifies and rationalises the published concepts that underpin resilience in oral health professional (OHP) education. It provides recommendations for the development of evidence‐based strategies for promoting resilience in OHP education. Methods: The PRISMA and Arksey and O'Malley methodological frameworks for scoping reviews were used to determine the methodology and answer the question ‘What concepts contribute to resilience in OHP Education?’. The search strategy included published literature searches and internet searches. Results: In total, 744 articles on resilience and coping were identified, and 59 were included after excluding irrelevant records. Most studies used surveys as their study design and focused on undergraduate dental students in North America and Asia. Three main themes were identified: factors that contribute to resilience, measurement tools and scales and enhancing resilience. This review highlights a positive correlation between increased resilience and improved outcomes for dental students. Conclusion: Resilience and its related factors are not well understood. There is insufficient evidence to support interventions for building resilience due to inconsistent measuring methods and limited research validating resilience scales in OHP education. Investigators should accurately understand the terminology for clarity and consistency. Validated outcome measures and student feedback should be used to determine the effectiveness of interventions. It is important to teach students coping strategies to manage stressors, and digital applications for building resilience should be developed and tested in OHP student populations.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Dentistry
Additional Information:	License information from Publisher: LICENSE 1: URL: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Publisher:	Wiley
ISSN:	1396-5883
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	22 August 2024
Date of Acceptance:	31 July 2024
Last Modified:	12 Nov 2024 15:54
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/171524

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