Virtual patients versus small-group teaching in the training of oral and maxillofacial surgery: A randomized controlled trial

BMC Medical Education

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2019, Pages

  Seifert, Lukas B ^a   Socolan, Octavian ^a   Sader, Robert ^a   Rüsseler, Miriam ^a   Sterz, Jasmina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL FRANKFURT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dental education; Dental students; Education; Oral and maxillofacial surgery; Surgical education; Virtual patients

Indexed keywords

COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPUTER INTERFACE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CURRICULUM; DENTAL EDUCATION; DENTAL STUDENT; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; MALE; ORAL SURGERY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TEACHING;

COHORT STUDIES; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, DENTAL; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE; STUDENTS, DENTAL; SURGERY, ORAL; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TEACHING; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 85076058018     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12909-019-1887-1     Document Type: Article

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