The Virtual Child: Evaluation of an Internet‐Based Pediatric Behavior Management Simulation

Abstract

This article describes an Internet-based instructional tool designed to give predoctoral dental students a virtual simulation of clinical pediatric dentistry to develop their pediatric behavior management knowledge. Effectiveness of this tool was evaluated using two consecutive classes of junior dental students. The control group was exposed to the traditional behavior management curriculum (two lectures) in a spring term course. The next class of dental students was exposed to the two lectures and, in addition, completed the behavior management simulation during the following spring term. Both groups completed a two-part examination (objective section=18 questions; open-ended section=responses to a clinical situation) designed to test their behavior management knowledge. The simulation group performed significantly better in both parts of the examination (objective section: p=.028; open-ended section: p=.012). The simulation was evaluated by students and perceived by most to be an effective addition to the curriculum. It was concluded that the experimental behavior management simulation, when added to the traditional lecture curriculum, improved pediatric behavior management knowledge in predoctoral dental students.

Blended Learning Compared to Traditional Learning in Medical Education: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

“…In 30 out of 56 participant subgroups, participants were from the field of medicine [ 11 , 31 - 34 , 36 , 38 , 39 , 41 , 43 , 44 , 46 - 50 , 53 , 64 - 67 , 69 - 74 , 76 , 78 , 79 ]. The participant subgroups from fields other than medicine were as follows: 16 studies in nursing [ 9 , 10 , 12 , 27 , 29 , 35 , 37 , 40 , 51 , 52 , 57 , 58 , 61 - 63 , 75 ], 1 in pharmacy [ 37 ], 3 in physiotherapy [ 12 , 30 , 45 ], 5 in dentistry [ 10 , 42 , 54 , 55 , 59 ], and 4 interprofessional education [ 56 , 60 , 68 , 77 ].…”

“…Of the 56 studies, 47 were conducted in high-income countries: 14 were from the United States [ 9 , 10 , 29 , 31 , 36 , 38 , 43 , 50 , 53 - 55 , 59 , 61 , 73 ], 2 from Canada [ 47 , 58 ], 5 from Germany [ 39 , 41 , 46 , 57 , 76 ], 3 from the United Kingdom [ 42 , 56 , 75 ], 3 from Spain [ 30 , 45 , 48 ], 1 from France [ 74 ], 1 from Greece [ 34 ], 1 from Sweden [ 67 ], 1 from the Netherlands [ 37 ], 1 from Korea [ 40 ], 1 from Poland [ 79 ], 1 from Serbia [ 70 ], 1 from Croatia [ 64 ], 1 from Turkey [ 32 ], 2 from Taiwan [ 28 , 51 ], 1 from Japan [ 69 ], and 7 from Australia [ 44 , 49 , 63 , 65 , 66 , 68 , 78 ]. Of the 56 studies, 9 studies were conducted in low- or middle-income countries: 2 from Thailand [ 52 , 62 ], 1 from China [ 77 ], 1 from Malaysia [ 72 ], 2 from Iran [ 27 , 71 ], 1 from Jordan [ 35 ], 1 from South Africa [ 11 ], and 1 from Uruguay [ 60 ].…”

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Desenvolvimento de uma plataforma multimídia como objeto didático para compreensão dos eventos da gênese dentária

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Introduction and evaluation of computer‐assisted education in an undergraduate dental hygiene course

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