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Trial reportDento maxillo facial radiology2020

Effect of computer-assisted-learning and simulation clinics on dental students' cognitive and performance skills: panoramic image errors related to patient's head position.

Ann Wenzel, Louise Hauge Matzen, Rubens Spin-Neto, Lars Schropp

Abstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in Dento maxillo facial radiology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Simulation-Based Training in Dental Radiography: The Impact of Qbion Software on Learning Outcomes for Dentistry Students.European journal of dental education : official journal of the Association for Dental Education in Europe · 2026
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Ann WenzelSection for Oral Radiology, Department of Dentistry and Oral Health, Health Faculty, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark.
Louise Hauge MatzenSection for Oral Radiology, Department of Dentistry and Oral Health, Health Faculty, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark.
Rubens Spin-NetoSection for Oral Radiology, Department of Dentistry and Oral Health, Health Faculty, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark.
Lars SchroppSection for Oral Radiology, Department of Dentistry and Oral Health, Health Faculty, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectivesTo assess dental students' ability to recognize head positioning errors in panoramic (PAN) images after individual learning via computer-assisted-learning (CAL) and in a simulation clinic (SIM). Both cognitive skills and performance in patient examination were assessed. METHODS AND MATERIALS: 60 students (mean age 23.25 years) participated in lectures on the relation between PAN-image errors and patient's head position. Immediately after they took a test, based on which they were randomized to three groups: control (CON) group, CAL group, and SIM group (both CAL and training in a simulation clinic with a phantom). 4-5 weeks after intervention/no intervention, all students individually examined a patient with PAN-exposure. A blinded rater, not knowing group allocation, supervised patient exposure and assessed student's performance (correct/incorrect head position in three planes). 1-2 weeks after, the students scored positioning errors in 40 PAN-images. Differences in cognitive test scores between groups were evaluated by ANOVA and in patient examination by χ

resultsNo statistically significant difference in cognitive test scores was seen between the SIM and CAL group, while the CON group scored lower (

conclusionsTraining with CAL increased students' cognitive skills compared with a control group. Simulated patient exposure with a phantom increased to some extent their performance skills in examination of patients.

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Computer-Aided DesignHeadRadiography, PanoramicStudents, DentalAdultClinical CompetenceCognitionEducational MeasurementEducation, DentalHumansLearningPatient SimulationYoung Adultcomputer-assisted learningdentalsimulationstudentteaching

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PMID32491941
PMCPMC7549529

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