Virtual patient instruction for dental students: Can it improve dental care access for persons with special needs?

Special Care in Dentistry

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 205-213

  Sanders, Carla ^a   Kleinert, Harold L ^a   Boyd, Sara E ^a   Herren, Chris ^b   Theiss, Lynn ^b   Mink, John ^c  

^a Human Development Institute

^b College of Dentistry ^*

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY COLLEGE OF DENTISTRY   (United States)

Author keywords

Computer assisted learning; Deafblindness; Developmental disabilities; Special needs dentistry; Virtual patient

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPACT DISK; DEAFBLINDNESS; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL EDUCATION; DENTAL STUDENT; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MOUTH DISEASE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICS; TEACHING; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CD-ROM; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPUTER-ASSISTED INSTRUCTION; DEAF-BLIND DISORDERS; DENTAL CARE FOR CHRONICALLY ILL; DENTAL CARE FOR DISABLED; DENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; DENTIST-PATIENT RELATIONS; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; EDUCATION, DENTAL; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; KENTUCKY; MALE; MOUTH DISEASES; PATIENT SIMULATION; STUDENTS, DENTAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 51449087178     PISSN: 02751879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1754-4505.2008.00038.x     Document Type: Article

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