NUMERO: #20260513

Título: A Teaching Model for Communicating Bad News to Dental Students: Comparison of Outcomes Across Brazil and Italy.

Nome do Apresentador: Dario Di Stasio

Categoria do Trabalho: Pôster - Investigação Original (IO)

Área Temática: Estomatologia

Resumo: Aim: To evaluate the efficacy of a standardized training model for communicating bad news (CBN) delivered to undergraduate dentistry students at 14 universities in Brazil (between 06/2024-9/2025) and 1 in Italy (10/2025). Study Design: This was a pre-post interventional educational study. Based on the SPIKES protocol, the training included: (1) pre- and post-training questionnaire; (2) introductory lecture; (3) presentations of two videos simulating bad news communication in a clinical setting; (4) discussion. Results: Brazilian (n=540) and Italian students (n=100) showed similar baseline patterns: both were most confident discussing familiar topics (e.g., caries, periodontal disease) and least confident with less familiar issues such as malignant tumors (Brazil: 83.7%; Italy: 68% - "neutral/slightly/not confident"). After training both groups demonstrated significant gains in confidence-Brazilian students' improved in all themes (p < 0.001), while Italian students reported greatest improvements in communicating treatment failure, cancer, and oral potentially malignant disorders. Conclusion: The present study found similar confidence patterns in CBN among dental students in Brazil and Italy, indicating common challenges across countries. Education on how to communicate bad news remains a global gap; however, a training model can address this issue, as evidenced by the significant increase in students confidence levels after training.

Autor 1:  Beatriz Nascimento Figueiredo Lebre Martins

E-mail 1:  [email protected]

Autor 2:   Ludovica Nucci

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Autor 3 :  Cristina Saldivia-Siracusa

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Autor 4:  Caique Mariano Pedroso

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Autor 5:  Marcio Ajudarte Lopes

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Autor 6:  Alan Roger Santos-Silva

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Autor 7:  Dario Di Stasio

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