YouTube as an Auxiliary Source of Learning Clinical Skills for Dental Students in Qassim Dental College in Saudi Arabia

Background: Since year 2000 onwards, there is tremendous improvement in the areas of Dental education and also considerable improvement in E-learning. The current generation of students as well as the faculty mostly rely on the electronic gadgets, apps and most of the information is available on mobile with internet connection, which is feasible in developed countries educational institutes perspectives. Aim of the present study is to evaluate the YouTube usage, importance in the clinical procedures and attitude towards learning among the study participants.

Methodology: A cross sectional study was conducted among the dental students of college dentistry, Qassim university during the period from February 2022 to December 2022. A sample of 92 dental students were participated and questionnaire distributed through google form. Data entered and cleaned with Statistical package social sciences (SPSS). Chi square test applied for the categorical variables in the study.

Results: In the present study, about 92 dental students participated and questionnaire distributed to 130 students. In the current study, 52.2% were females and two thirds of students (66.3%) in the age group of 22-24 years. About 93.5% were using YouTube more than 5 years and 73.9% of them using you tube daily. Nearly 84.2% of 3rd year students used restorative procedure. There was statistically significant association was observed between YouTube users and types of dental procedures (P<0.05).

Conclusions : Based on the study findings, majority of the dental students were using YouTube. Of which, majority 3rd year students used YouTube for restorative procedure and their choice of use depends upon their necessity, understanding and also opined that their faculty to be posted their YouTube videos on the social media to get genuinely and credibility.