SynthesisBMC medical education2020
Effectiveness of technology-enhanced teaching and assessment methods of undergraduate preclinical dental skills: a systematic review of randomized controlled clinical trials.
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Who cites it
11 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Identifying Research Priorities in Digital Education for Health Care: Umbrella Review and Modified Delphi Method Study.Journal of medical Internet research · 2025Pooled it
- Enhancing learning experiences in pre-clinical restorative dentistry: the impact of virtual reality haptic simulators.BMC medical education · 2023Trial
- Enhancement of Skill Competencies in Operative Dentistry Using Procedure-Specific Educational Videos (E-Learning Tools) Post-COVID-19 Era-A Randomized Controlled Trial.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Trial
- Student Performance in Bitewing Caries Detection: Artificial Intelligence Versus Alternative E-learning.International dental journal · 2026Article
- Integrating Generative AI in Dental Education: A Scoping Review of Current Practices and Recommendations.European journal of dental education : official journal of the Association for Dental Education in Europe · 2025Article
- Evaluation of the Application of a Dental Virtual Simulator to Pre-Clinical Pediatric Dental Training.Advances in medical education and practice · 2025Article
- Utilization of 3D evaluation for assessing selective caries removal practice in pre-clinical dental students: a pilot study.BMC medical education · 2024Article
- Exploring Professionalism among Final Year Dental Students and New Graduates: Translating Knowledge to Practice.European journal of dentistry · 2023Article
- Immersive Learning Method of Ideological and Political Education under Big Data and Artificial Intelligence.Computational intelligence and neuroscience · 2022Article
- Immersive 3D Educational Contents: A Technical Note for Dental Educators.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
- Online assessment in undergraduate medical education: Challenges and solutions from a LMIC university.Pakistan journal of medical sciencesArticle
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Authors and funding
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Abstract
backgroundTo investigate the effectiveness of technology-enhanced teaching and assessment methods of undergraduate preclinical skills in comparison to conventional methods.
methodsA comprehensive search strategy was implemented using both manual and electronic search methods, including PubMed, Wiley, ScienceDirect, SCOPUS, and the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials. The search and selection of articles that met the inclusion criteria were carried out in duplicates. A Cochrane data extraction form for RCTs was used to extract the relevant information from all included articles. Risk of bias of all included articles was assessed independently by two authors using the Cochrane risk of bias tool.
resultsA total of 19 randomized controlled clinical trials met the inclusion criteria and were included in this review. The majority of the studies included in this review have a high risk of bias mainly due to incomplete data, lack of blinding of the examiners, and due to other biases, such as small sample sizes, not accounting for additional hours of training, and the lack of calibration of examiners grading the preparations. Conflicting results were reported in the included studies with regards to whether there were differences between the intervention and control groups in the outcome measure of quality of students' performance. A meta-analysis could not be done for this study due to the heterogeneity among the included studies.
conclusionsTechnology-enhanced teaching and assessment tools used in preclinical skills training of undergraduate dental students have the potential to improve students' performance. However, due to the conflicting outcomes reported in the 19 studies included in this systematic review and their high risk of bias, better quality studies are required to find a definitive answer to the research question of this systematic review.
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