THE EFFECTS OF A VIRTUAL REALITY SIMULATOR ON FORMATIVE AND SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENT METHODS FOR DENTAL CLINICAL SKILLS

Authors

  • A. Shahriari Rad King's College, London

Abstract

Dental students’ psychomotor skills are being assessed implicitly by formative feedbacks during clinical laboratory sessions and through knowledge-based questions and practical performance measurements given in forms of summative assessments such as a Clinical Skills Examinations (CSE) and Objective Structured Clinical Examinations (OSCE). Preliminary results from the three BDS Year 1 groups showed a moderate association between some of the psychomotor skills and CSE and OSCE results (1st Cohort BDS1 2007/2008, 2nd Cohort BDS1 2008/2009 and 3rd Cohort BDS1 2009/2010).

Author Biography

A. Shahriari Rad, King's College, London

 King's College London Dental Institute

Published

2013-05-08

Issue

Section

Short Communications