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A scoping review of simulation-based dental education
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This article was migrated. The article was marked as recommended. In order to meet the needs of student learning within a competency-based pedagogy, it is necessary to understand the current philosophies and modalities being used in dental and oral health simulation-based education. The aim of this literature review is to identify the existing research relating to the educational structure of dental and oral health simulation activities. The review is presented as a scoping review, formulated and conducted using a modified five stage methodological framework. Despite evidence showing that the healthcare simulation model is ideal for learning and assessments of non-clinical and clinical tasks such as psychomotor skills, there is a paucity of published literature relating to simulation in dental and oral health education. Out of 72 initial articles only six papers related to dental preclinical psychomotor skills in an educational setting, none of which were deemed high-quality. Deficiencies in these papers included no statements defining underpinning educational theory, limited acknowledgement of evidence-based simulation activities including preparation, briefing, simulation, feedback, debriefing, reflection and evaluation. Given the widespread use of simulation in dentistry, academics should be encouraged to publish their scholarly activities in simulation-based dental education in order so that all dental faculties can work towards developing contemporary simulation curriculum to provide optimum teaching and learning opportunities for students.
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Novel non-pharmacological strategies for managing dentophobia in adult patients - literature review
Los, A., Fiegler-Rudol, J., Tysiąc-Miśta, M., & Tanasiewicz, M. (2024) · Wiadomości Lekarskie · doi:10.36740/wlek202408112 · Cited by 2
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- Authors
- Higgins, D., Hayes, M., Taylor, J., & Wallace, J.
- Affiliations
- University of Newcastle Australia (AU)
- The University of Sydney (AU)
- Corresponding author
- Hayes, Melanie
- Venue
- MedEdPublish
- Publisher
- F1000 Research Ltd
- Published
- 2020-02-27
- Volume
- 9
- Pages
- 36
- ISSN
- 2312-7996 (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC10697570
- OpenAlex
- W3008717849
- Cited by
- 45
- References
- 2
- Citations by year
- 2026: 14 · 2025: 13 · 2024: 5 · 2023: 4 · 2022: 2 · 2021: 5 · 2020: 2
- FWCI
- 1.96
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- gold
- doi.org
- Licence
- Locations
- MedEdPublish (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
- NOVA (University of Newcastle Australia) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Education › Simulation-Based Education in Healthcare
- Social Sciences › Education › Innovations in Medical Education
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Surgery › Surgical Simulation and Training
- Keywords
- dental education, oral health education, competency-based education, psychomotor skills, simulation curriculum, debriefing, feedback, simulation evaluation, dental students
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