Teaching paediatric dentistry by multimedia: a three-year report.

Full Abstract

Clinical cases can now be simulated utilising multimedia and used to teach case management to dental students. The modules developed should provide intellectual stimulation, user-interaction and immediate feedback, in addition to being intuitively navigated and user-helpful. Five paediatric dental case modules (early childhood caries, anterior trauma, anterior coronal fragment, anterior crossbite and dentigerous cyst) were created, installed in a multimedia presentation tool, PathFinder (from Westmead Hospital Dental Clinical School, New South Wales, Australia), and used to teach three classes of fourth year dental students at The University of Melbourne. Questionnaires, focus groups and a review were conducted by an external educational expert. Students responded anonymously to general learning questions and case specific questions using a five-point Likert scale (strongly agree to strongly disagree). Student responses indicated they were very enthusiastic about learning via multimedia, although a few students disliked this educational approach. Focus groups and external review indicated that the modules were navigated readily and were suitably interactive.

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Author information

Author/s: Brearley Messer, L (L); Kan, K (K); Cameron, A (A); Robinson, R (R);

Affiliation: Paediatric Dentistry, School of Dental Science, The University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

Journal: European journal of dental education : official journal of the Association for Dental Education in Europe (Eur J Dent Educ), published in Denmark. (Language: eng)

Reference: 2002-Aug; vol 6 (issue 3) : pp 128-38

Dates: Created 2002/09/24; Completed 2002/12/03; Revised 2006/11/15;

PMID: 12269868, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 12/26/2008)

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Multimedia
Patient Simulation
Pediatrics - education
Program Evaluation
Questionnaires
Teaching - methods

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