Effectiveness of virtual patients in teaching clinical decision-making skills to dental students

Journal of Dental Education

Volumn 84, Issue 5, 2020, Pages 615-623

  Mardani, Maryam ^a   Cheraghian, Sajjad ^b   Naeeni, Soheyl Khaje ^b   Zarifsanaiey, Nahid ^b  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

clinical decision making; dental students; herpes simplex virus; recurrent aphthous stomatitis; virtual patients

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; DENTAL STUDENT; HUMAN; LEARNING; PROBLEM SOLVING; TEACHING;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL DECISION-MAKING; HUMANS; LEARNING; PROBLEM SOLVING; STUDENTS, DENTAL; TEACHING;

EID: 85079463627     PISSN: 00220337     EISSN: 19307837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jdd.12045     Document Type: Article

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