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J Dent Educ. 71(9): 1187-1193 2007
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Educational Methodologies

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

James R. Boynton, D.D.S., M.S.; Thomas G. Green, Ph.D.; Lynn A. Johnson, Ph.D.; S.M. Hashim Nainar, B.D.S., M.D.Sc.; Lloyd H. Straffon, D.D.S., M.S.

Key words: dental education, Internet, computer simulation, patient simulation, computer-assisted instruction, pediatric dentistry

Submitted for publication 01/22/07; accepted 05/22/07

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.






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