perspective of faculty members regarding the use of logbook to improve the quality of dental education

Background: this study aimed to assess the faculty members' perspective on the use of logbook to improve the quality of dental students’ education. method: this descriptive analytical study assessed the perspectives of all faculty members of qazvin dental school about using logbook in 2019. a questionnaire with four domains: 1) necessity of using a logbook (score range: 7-21), 2) format design and logbook implementation process (score range: 8-24), 3) logbook content quality (score range: 20-60), and 4) method of completion of logbook (score range: 2-10) was used to assess. the internal consistency of the items was assessed using cronbach’s alpha method (alpha-cronbach: 0.81). data were analyzed using spss 21 (p<0.05). results: of the faculty members, 19.4% were males and 80.6% were females, with a mean work experience of 6.81±5.3 years. the acquired mean total score was 18.72±2.57 out of 21 for the necessity domain, 15.33±2.78 out of 24 for the format design domain, 46.66±7.77 out of 60 for the content domain, and 8.00±1.43 out of 10 for the completion domain. gender had a significant correlation only with the necessity domain score (p<0.05). work experience had a significant correlation only with the completion domain score (p<0.05). conclusion: over two-thirds of the faculty members agreed with the necessity of using a logbook and believed that its completion is highly important.