Using Students' Toolkit to Assess the Social Accountability of Dental Students at Misr International University in Egypt: A Cross-sectional Study

Status

Completed

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT07383662

Enrollment

975

Registered

2026-02-03

Start date

2022-03-01

Completion date

2022-05-01

Last updated

2026-02-06

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Conditions

Social Accountability

Keywords

Social Accountability (SA), Dental school, Medical education, Dental education, Community service, Oral and Dental health equity

Brief summary

Data were collected via a paper-based questionnaire adapted from IFMSA Social Accountability Toolkit Questionnaire. The questionnaire was distributed to all students and interns during the study period, with a total of 1805 dental students and interns.

Detailed description

A paper-based survey was conducted to assess the social accountability of the students; students from all educational years were invited to participate voluntarily. The participating students were asked to read the questions in the table (Appendix 1) carefully and rate the school's performance from 0 to 3 for each area. Then the total score was calculated by adding the scores of each question to a total and seeing where our faculty stands. Additional information on each of the questions and accompanying indicators were provided in the second column to guide students during scoring.

Interventions

None listed

Study design

Observational model

ECOLOGIC_OR_COMMUNITY

Time perspective

CROSS_SECTIONAL

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Healthy volunteers

Yes

Inclusion criteria

* Dental students at MIU, both males and females of different educational years and interns

Exclusion criteria

* Subjects who refuse to participate

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Social accountability score	From enrollment till distribution of all questionnaires in a month	The total score was calculated by adding the scores of each question to a total and seeing where our faculty stands. Additional information on each of the questions and accompanying indicators were provided in the second column to guide students during scoring. Scoring implications: The interpretation of the scores 0-8: Start a conversation with your classmates and school to begin to build social accountability at your school. 9-17: Your school has some social accountability strategies, look for ways to advocate to build on these existing strategies 18-26: Your school is doing well, look for areas of weakness and ways to advocate to improve social accountability. 27-36: Your school has a strong foundation in social accountability and advocates for continued growth and leadership in social accountability.

Countries

Egypt

Outcome results