Autoren:	Liebermann, Anja Bjelopavlovic, Monika Rauch, Angelika Schlenz, Maximiliane Erdelt, Kurt
Titel:	Assessment of a virtual prosthetic case planning environment for dental education : a multicentric analysis
Online-Publikationsdatum:	12-Jan-2024
Erscheinungsdatum:	2024
Sprache des Dokuments:	Englisch
Zusammenfassung/Abstract:	Objectives The aim of the present study was the multicentric assessment of the virtual prosthetic case planning environment (VCPE), which relocates patient planning into the virtual space in dental education. Materials and Methods The VCPE is separated into two rooms: a virtual entry area where the user can choose between 10 different prosthetic case plans of ascending complexity, and a virtual patient case planning room. In spring term 2022, the use of virtual case planning was voluntarily assessed in four different German dental schools (DSs) from the perspective of both lecturers and students. The assessment was performed afterwards using a questionnaire. Data were analysed using Kolmogorov–Smirnov test, exploratory data analysis, Fisher–Freeman–Halton test, and exact Fisher test. Reliability was assessed with Cronbach Alpha test (α < 0.05). Results A total of 59 lecturers and 63 students were included. There were 38.5% male, 60.7% female, and 0.8% diverse participants. The mean age of the lecturers was 36.2 ± 9.0 years and of the students 24.3 ± 3.0 years. The VCPE was assessed as good, yet the evaluations between either the DSs or between the lecturers and students were significantly different. Conclusions Even though for some assessment criteria significantly different results between the four DS were observed, the majority of participants evaluated the VCPE positively and recommended them for teaching. The virtual reality as a teaching method for teaching prosthetic case planning for the further preparation of the students for the later professional life can be considered as helpful.
DDC-Sachgruppe:	610 Medizin 610 Medical sciences
Veröffentlichende Institution:	Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz
Organisationseinheit:	FB 04 Medizin
Veröffentlichungsort:	Mainz
ROR:	https://ror.org/023b0x485
DOI:	http://doi.org/10.25358/openscience-9926
Version:	Published version
Publikationstyp:	Zeitschriftenaufsatz
Nutzungsrechte:	CC BY
Informationen zu den Nutzungsrechten:	https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Zeitschrift:	European journal of dental education 28 1
Seitenzahl oder Artikelnummer:	275 286
Verlag:	Wiley-Blackwell
Verlagsort:	Oxford u.a.
Erscheinungsdatum:	2024
ISSN:	1600-0579
DOI der Originalveröffentlichung:	10.1111/eje.12945
Enthalten in den Sammlungen:	DFG-491381577-H