Implementation of a web-based patient simulation program to teach dental students in oral surgery

Journal of Dental Education

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 133-140

  Weiner, Carina Kruger ^a,b   Skalen, Maya ^b   Harju Jeanty, Dick ^b   Heymann, Robert ^a,b   Rosén, Annika ^c   Fors, Uno ^d   Lund, Bodil ^a,b  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^d STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Computerassisted instruction; Dental education; Educational technology; Oral and maxillofacial surgery; Oral surgery; Patient simulation

Indexed keywords

CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTAL EDUCATION; DENTAL STUDENT; HUMAN; LEARNING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; ORAL SURGERY; SKILL; SWEDEN; TEACHING; ANAMNESIS; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPUTER INTERFACE; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; INTERNET; MALE; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PROCEDURES; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; THINKING; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL REASONING; MAXILLOFACIAL SURGERY; PATIENT SIMULATION;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPUTER-ASSISTED INSTRUCTION; CONTROLLED BEFORE-AFTER STUDIES; EDUCATION, DENTAL; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; LEARNING; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; ORAL SURGICAL PROCEDURES; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PATIENT SIMULATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; STUDENTS, DENTAL; SURGERY, ORAL; TEACHING; THINKING; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 84958975458     PISSN: 00220337     EISSN: 19307837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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