Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
Conditions
Keywords
health education
Brief summary
Coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19) dramatically changed the learning conditions of dental students, with restricted access to training sessions and clinical practice. The Playdent project proposed the integration of serious games (SGs) in the third-year curriculum, based on tailor-made scenarios questioning the first dental visit of edentulous patients, and examined whether training with the games would advance students' learning outcomes.
Detailed description
Three Serious games proposed in addition to conventional lectures and practical exercises in oral rehabilitation of edentulous patients were supposed to improve knowledge and skills of undergraduates. However, in order to assess the influence of SGs on students' learning outcomes and subsequent satisfaction, a single-blind controlled protocol was designed. The null hypothesis was that SGs had no impact on the learning outcomes of undergraduate students.
Interventions
DEVICEPlaying Serious Games during a four-week test period in addition to conventional lectures
Playing SGs during a four-week test period in addition to conventional lectures in oral rehabilitation
Sponsors
Hôpital Rothschild
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
BASIC_SCIENCE
Masking
DOUBLE (Subject, Outcomes Assessor)
Intervention model description
Participants were allocated either to a test group which accessed Serious games during a four-week test period in addition to conventional lectures or to a control group which benefited solely from conventional lectures
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
20 Years to 25 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* adult students (aged at least 18) * enrolled in the third-year at the faculty of dental surgery of the University of Paris, * agreeing to participate in the study
Exclusion criteria
* Third-year students who had repeated their courses
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| performance | One month | Students' performance for managing a dental visit of edentulous patients were assessed by measuring score to a test developed by the teaching team. Scores were calculated ranging from 0 (no correct answer) to 15 (100% correct answers). |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| students' satisfaction | one month | a questionnaire was drawn up for the students in the form of an self-administered questionnaire, which included questions pertaining to their satisfaction ranging from 0 (=very unsatisfactory) to 10 (=very satisfactory). |
Countries
France
Outcome results
None listed