Students' Evaluations of Simulations in Dentistry: A Multiple Cohort Study at a U.S. Dental School

Journal of Dental Education

Volumn 83, Issue 10, 2019, Pages 1142-1150

  McKenzie, Carly T ^a   Tilashalski, Ken ^b   Abou Arraj, Ramzi ^c   Peterson, Dawn Taylor ^c,d   White, Marjorie Lee ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

communication; dental education; interpersonal relations; patient simulation; patient provider communication; teaching methods

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMUNICATION SKILL; CURRICULUM; DENTAL EDUCATION; DENTAL STUDENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT SIMULATION; PERIODONTICS; QUESTIONNAIRE; REINFORCEMENT; RESIDENT; SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH; TEACHING; AMBULATORY CARE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EVALUATION STUDY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MANIKIN; POVERTY; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

AMBULATORY CARE; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COHORT STUDIES; COMMUNICATION; CURRICULUM; DENTIST-PATIENT RELATIONS; EDUCATION, DENTAL; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; HUMANS; MANIKINS; PATIENT SIMULATION; POVERTY; SCHOOLS, DENTAL; STUDENTS, DENTAL; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85072849371     PISSN: 00220337     EISSN: 19307837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21815/JDE.019.121     Document Type: Article

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