Dental Students' Perceptions of Digital Assessment Software for Preclinical Tooth Preparation Exercises
Dental Students' Perceptions of Digital Assessment Software for Preclinical Tooth Preparation Exercises
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DOI:
10.21815/jde.016.015
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发表时间:
2017-05-01
影响因子:
2.3
通讯作者:
Ishikawa-Nagai, Shigemi
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作者:
Park, Carly F.;Sheinbaum, Justin M.;Ishikawa-Nagai, Shigemi
Objective self-assessment is essential to learning and continued competence in dentistry. A computer-assisted design/computer-assisted manufacturing (CAD/CAM) learning software (prepCheck, Sirona) allows students to objectively assess their performance in preclinical prosthodontics. The aim of this study was to evaluate students' perceptions of CAD/CAM learning software for preclinical prosthodontics exercises. In 2014, all third-year dental students at Harvard School of Dental Medicine (n=36) were individually instructed by a trained faculty member in using prepCheck. Each student completed a preclinical formative exercise (#18) and summative examination (#30) for ceramometal crown preparation and evaluated the preparation using five assessment tools (reduction, margin width, surface finish, taper, and undercut) in prepCheck. The students then rated each of the five tools for usefulness, user-friendliness, and frequency of use on a scale from 1=lowest to 5=highest. Faculty members graded the tooth preparations as pass (P), marginal-pass (MP), or fail (F). The survey response rate was 100%. The tools for undercut and taper had the highest scores for usefulness, user-friendliness, and frequency of use. The reduction tool score was significantly lower in all categories (p