- Title
- A scoping review of simulation-based dental education
- Creator
- Higgins, Denise; Hayes, Melanie; Taylor, Jane; Wallace, Janet
- Relation
- MedEdPublish Vol. 9, Issue 1, no. 36
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.15694/mep.2020.000036.1
- Publisher
- Association for Medical Education in Europe (AMEE)
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2020
- Description
- 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 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 model is ideal for learning and assessments of non-clinical and clinical tasks, there is a paucity of published literature related to simulation in dental and oral health education. Out of 72 initial articles only 6 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, 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.
- Subject
- dental education; simulation; psychomotor skills
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1446765
- Identifier
- uon:42961
- Identifier
- ISSN:2312-7996
- Language
- eng
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