Revisión sistemática: percepción estudiantil sobre la calidad del currículo en la formación de la carrera de odontología.

Abstract

Student satisfaction is linked to personal happiness and is based on the subjective and objective importance each person attributes to different aspects. In the student environment, it refers to the level of well-being that students perceive when fulfilling their academic expectations and needs. This research focuses on the student perception of the curriculum in dental career training. The factors influencing this perception are explored, and appropriate teaching strategies to achieve student satisfaction are mentioned. A systematic review was developed with narrative and descriptive synthesis of the results of twenty-nine articles published between 2005 and 2023 in Spanish and English in various indexed databases, such as Scopus, Web of Science, Google Scholar, Redalyc, ResearchGate, SciELO, and Dialnet. Selection criteria based on the PICO standard were applied to formulate the question, and search terms identified in the Educational Resources Information Center Thesaurus and Descritores em Ciências da Saúde were used. As a result, student satisfaction with different aspects of the curriculum was evaluated using various instruments and questionnaires. The student body was the most studied in this evaluation. It is concluded that the components that impact student satisfaction are theoretical-practical knowledge, new technologies, linkage with society, and virtual and distance education. Therefore, these can be used to make efficient school decisions and solve academic problems.