Department of Comprehensive Dentistry, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Tokushima University, Tokushima, Japan.
Division of Oral Care and Clinical Education, Tokushima University Hospital, Tokushima, Japan.
Eur J Dent Educ. 2018 Aug;22(3):e327-e336. doi: 10.1111/eje.12298. Epub 2017 Nov 1.
The aim of this study was to assess the effectiveness of improving the attitude of dental students towards the use of a full-body patient simulation system (SIMROID) compared to the traditional mannequin (CLINSIM) for dental clinical education.
The participants were 10 male undergraduate dental students who had finished clinical training in the university hospital 1 year before this study started. They performed a crown preparation on an upper pre-molar tooth using SIMROID and CLINSIM as the practical clinical trials. The elapsed time for preparation was recorded. The taper of the abutment teeth was measured using a 3-dimensional shape-measuring device after this trial. In addition, a self-reported questionnaire was collected that included physical pain, treatment safety and maintaining a clean area for each simulator. Qualitative data analysis of a free format report about SIMROID was performed using text mining analysis. This trial was performed twice at 1-month intervals.
The students considered physical pain, treatment safety and a clean area for SIMROID significantly better than that for CLINSIM (P < .01). The elapsed time of preparation in the second practical clinical trial was significantly lower than in the first for SIMROID and CLINSIM (P < .01). However, there were no significant differences between the abutment tapers for both systems. For the text mining analysis, most of the students wrote that SIMROID was similar to real patients.
The use of SIMROID was proven to be effective in improving the attitude of students towards patients, thereby giving importance to considerations for actual patients during dental treatment.
本研究旨在评估提高牙科学生对使用全身患者模拟系统（SIMROID）的态度的效果，与传统的人体模型（CLINSIM）相比，用于牙科临床教育。
参与者为 10 名男性本科牙科学生，他们在本研究开始前 1 年完成了大学医院的临床培训。他们使用 SIMROID 和 CLINSIM 进行上颌前磨牙的牙冠预备作为实际的临床试验。记录预备的时间。在该试验后，使用三维形状测量仪测量基牙的锥度。此外，收集了一份自我报告的问卷，其中包括每个模拟器的身体疼痛、治疗安全性和保持清洁区域。使用文本挖掘分析对 SIMROID 的自由格式报告进行了定性数据分析。该试验在 1 个月的间隔内进行了两次。
学生们认为 SIMROID 的身体疼痛、治疗安全性和清洁区域明显优于 CLINSIM（P<.01）。SIMROID 和 CLINSIM 的第二次实际临床试验的预备时间明显低于第一次（P<.01）。然而，两个系统的基牙锥度之间没有显著差异。对于文本挖掘分析，大多数学生写道 SIMROID 与真实患者相似。
SIMROID 的使用被证明可以有效改善学生对患者的态度，从而在牙科治疗中重视对实际患者的考虑。
