Use of virtual patients in dental education: A survey of U.S. and Canadian dental schools

Journal of Dental Education

Volumn 76, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1358-1364

  Cederberg, Robert A ^a   Bentley, Dan A ^b   Halpin, Richard ^a   Valenza, John A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS DENTAL BRANCH AT HOUSTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical education; Computers in dentistry; Dental education; Educational technology; Electronic health record; Patient simulation; Virtual patients

Indexed keywords

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CANADA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPUTER INTERFACE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DENTAL EDUCATION; DENTAL STUDENT; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LEARNING; MEDICAL RECORD; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; QUESTIONNAIRE; TEACHING; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

CANADA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DENTAL RECORDS; DENTIST-PATIENT RELATIONS; EDUCATION, DENTAL; EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LEARNING; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PATIENT SIMULATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHOOLS, DENTAL; STUDENTS, DENTAL; TEACHING; UNITED STATES; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 84867540368     PISSN: 00220337     EISSN: 19307837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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