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Journal of Medical Education

Abstract

Introduction: With the developments in imaging and computation technologies, virtual reality (VR) is being adopted more frequently in medical education. This paper presents a teaching plan incorporating VR technology for use in in dental education. Materials and Methods: Full-mouth VR models were built based on real clinical cases (mouth disease model) to create a learning environment with opportunities for repeated practice by the students before they proceed to clinical dentistry. The teaching scenario was presented to the trainee of dental department to evaluate the feasibility of the VR education design. And the post-class assessment was applied to further explored the acceptance and preference by the undergraduate and post-graduated trainee. Results: There were 23 trainee from the dental department attended the teaching project and complete the post-class evaluation. The trainee scored the VR-incorporated teaching plan and the mean rating scale is 4.37/5.0, indicating high interest in the plan. When the participants were classified according to their training experience, as residency or intern, there were no difference between preference and interest for the VR education design between the two groups. The trainees all highly recommended the new system and suggest that such system would be of great help for their clinical practice learning prior to contact with a real patient. Conclusion: The VR-incorporated teaching plan for clinical dentistry presented in this paper can enhance student learning interests and outcomes by offering vivid 3D environment and real-time interaction.

First Page

124

Last Page

132

DOI

10.6145/jme201713

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