Background:

the Moodle platform offers knowledge to the future dental surgeon in training, if its tools are used correctly, which constitutes its contribution to virtual education.

Objective:

to know the level of use of the Moodle platform in the training of the future dental surgeon, according to age, sex and semester.

Methods:

a descriptive cross-sectional study was carried out in the Dentistry school of a private university in the city of Cusco-Peru, in the month of November 2021. Theoretical methods were used: analysis-synthesis and systemic; Empirical ones: a questionnaire structured in three dimensions to measure the main variable, which was applied to 52 students of the different semesters; and mathematical-statistical through which the results were obtained.

Results:

in the data processing it was obtained that dimensions 1 and 3 presented an efficient level, and 2, avarage. It was found that the younger students and the females were the ones who had a higher level of use and efficiency in this platform in the teaching-learning process in all dimensions.

Conclusions:

Moodle is an adequate platform for the training of future dental surgeons; it is a didactic tool that contributes to their learning through virtual education.

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