dental avatars:the key to unlock the future of dental education?

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DENTAL AVATARS:THE KEY TO UNLOCK THE FUTURE OF DENTAL EDUCATION? MANJU G. GERBER, DDS, MS CLINICAL ASSISTANT PROFESSOR- DEPARTMENT OF ENDODONTICS NEW YORK UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF DENTISTRY ADEA ANNUAL SESSION 2015

INTEGRATION OF EDUCATIONAL LEARNING WITH GAMING TECHNOLOGY: WHAT NEEDS EXISTS?? •  Need exists to create an interactive web-based simulation platform students are already comfortable using (digital generation) to engage students to active learning •  Need exists for standardized cases students don’t see in a real clinical setting •  Need exists for cases to be repetitive for retention of learning (includes time limità attention span and memory retention from traditional methods)

AIM 1: DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT Virtual Patient Simulation case structure: •  Easy to access without personal identifiers •  Visually engaging, interactive, brief scenarios •  Learn at their own pace (self-directed learning) •  Cases need to have different degrees of complexity (learning gaps///confidencecompetence gap) •  Learning held in a safe environment without harming a live patient ( less anxiety/aversion to use VP Simulation) •  Module provides method for formative and summative feedback to alter format

AIM 2: IMPLEMENTATION •  Resources available at institution ($, support staff, etc) •  Faculty, Students, and Administration need to have same goal that fit into institution’s mission •  Module must have “Ingredients” students find clinically relevant and builds on existing knowledge •  Faculty needs training to author customizable cases (time required) •  Bloom’s Taxonomy, Miller’s Pyramid, RIME Rubric

AIM 3: EVALUATION •  Used to determine strengths, weaknesses of program •  Pre-Assessment and Post-Assessment based on learning objectives •  Formative and Summative Assessments •  Feedback commentary about modules •  Track own progress (self reflection of areas of weakness/strengths; outcomes that connect clinical decision making to patient’s treatment outcomes)