Development and evaluation of learning module on clinical decision-making in Prosthodontics
Autor: | Dipti Lambade, Saee Deshpande, Jayashree Chahande |
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Jazyk: | angličtina |
Rok vydání: | 2015 |
Předmět: |
Medical education
Rehabilitation business.industry medicine.medical_treatment Teaching method Cognition case based computer assisted learning clinical decision making Test (assessment) Blended learning Critical thinking Medicine Original Article Oral Surgery business Prosthodontics General Dentistry Simulation Multiple choice |
Zdroj: | The Journal of the Indian Prosthodontic Society |
ISSN: | 1998-4057 0972-4052 |
Popis: | Purpose: Best practice strategies for helping students learn the reasoning skills of problem solving and critical thinking (CT) remain a source of conjecture, particularly with regard to CT. The dental education literature is fundamentally devoid of research on the cognitive components of clinical decision-making. Aim: This study was aimed to develop and evaluate the impact of blended learning module on clinical decision-making skills of dental graduates for planning prosthodontics rehabilitation. Methodology: An interactive teaching module consisting of didactic lectures on clinical decision-making and a computer-assisted case-based treatment planning software was developed Its impact on cognitive knowledge gain in clinical decision-making was evaluated using an assessment involving problem-based multiple choice questions and paper-based case scenarios. Results: Mean test scores were: Pretest (17 ± 1), posttest 1 (21 ± 2) and posttest 2 (43 ± 3). Comparison of mean scores was done with one-way ANOVA test. There was overall significant difference in between mean scores at all the three points (P < 0.001). A pair-wise comparison of mean scores was done with Bonferroni test. The mean difference is significant at the 0.05 level. The pair-wise comparison shows that posttest 2 score is significantly higher than posttest 1 and posttest 1 is significantly higher than pretest that is, pretest 2 > posttest 1 > pretest. Conclusion: Blended teaching methods employing didactic lectures on the clinical decision-making as well as computer assisted case-based learning can be used to improve quality of clinical decision-making in prosthodontic rehabilitation for dental graduates. |
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