Observational studyBMC medical education2024
Assessment and evaluation of online education and virtual simulation technology in dental education: a cross-sectional survey.
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- A novel extended flipped classroom model helps dental undergraduates grow into dentists.BMC medical education · 2026Article
- MOOC-virtual simulation integration enhances surgical clinical skills: a quasi-experimental study.Medical education online · 2025Article
- A pilot study of digital technology combined with case-based learning in clinical implantology training for specialists.BMC medical education · 2025Article
- Design and practice of Oral Biomaterials course for education of stomatology in Chinese universities.BMC oral health · 2025Article
- Augmented Reality in Implant and Tooth-Supported Prosthodontics Practice and Education: A Scoping Review.Dentistry journal · 2025Review
- Effect of digital virtual reality simulator on pre-clinical dental surgical skill training: a retrospective study.BMC medical education · 2025Article
- The use of 360-videos to bridge the gap between pre-clinical and clinical dental teaching.BMC medical education · 2025Article
- A comparative analysis of perceptions and evaluations of Simodont® Dental Trainer: a decade of virtual simulation.Frontiers in oral health · 2025Article
- Research on the Application and Effect of a Virtual Simulation Platform in Undergraduate Education in Oral Radiology Courses.Advances in medical education and practice · 2025Article
- An assessment of clinical reception training using standard patient and dental simulator in prosthodontic dentistry for dental undergraduates: a historical control trial.BMC medical education · 2024Article
- A survey of attitudes towards the curriculum for clinical medicine postgraduates pursuing professional master's degrees: perspectives of supervisors and students.Frontiers in medicine · 2024Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe global outbreak of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has led medical universities in China to conduct online teaching. This study aimed to assess the effectiveness of a blended learning approach that combines online teaching and virtual reality technology in dental education and to evaluate the acceptance of the blended learning approach among dental teachers and students.
methodsThe Strengthening the Reporting of Observational Studies in Epidemiology (STROBE) checklist was followed in this study. A total of 157 students' perspectives on online and virtual reality technology education and 54 teachers' opinions on online teaching were collected via questionnaires. Additionally, 101 students in the 2015-year group received the traditional teaching method (TT group), while 97 students in the 2017-year group received blended learning combining online teaching and virtual reality technology (BL group). The graduation examination results of students in the two groups were compared.
resultsThe questionnaire results showed that most students were satisfied with the online course and the virtual simulation platform teaching, while teachers held conservative and neutral attitudes toward online teaching. Although the theoretical score of the BL group on the final exam was greater than that of the TT group, there was no significant difference between the two groups (P = 0.805). The skill operation score of the BL group on the final exam was significantly lower than that of the TT group (P = 0.004). The overall score of the BL group was lower than that of the TT group (P = 0.018), but the difference was not statistically significant (P = 0.112).
conclusionsThe blended learning approach combining online teaching and virtual reality technology plays a positive role in students' learning and is useful and effective in dental education.
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