Knowledge and Awareness among Undergraduate Dental Students Regarding Simex in Dental Education System
Abstract
The Simex is a dental training system that applies new technology in a motorized dental simulator. The purpose of this study was to understand the usability satisfaction of the Simex dental education and evaluation system by dental scholars and dentists at Tohoku University.
In this study, the Tohoku University IRB prosecution number was 2020–3-. The number of subjects accepted was 59 at Tohoku University and divided into 4 groups based on times of clinical experience(Group A 0 times; Group B 1e2 times; Group C 2e5 times; Group D at least 5 times), and an aggregate of 58 usability questionnaires were collected. Subjects completed the Timex Usability Satisfaction Questionnaire after operating the SimEx EPED Inc., Kaohsiung, Taiwan) course, which contained 16 questions.
Results: Among the 58 questionnaires collected by Tohoku University, there were 19 undergraduate scholars (4th and 6th grade), 12 post-graduate scholars, 14 residents, and 13 dentists. Significant differences between Group A and Group B, and between Group A and Group D, were set up (P< 0.05). The same results were attained for the “experience satisfaction indicator”. In the particulars where significant differences were set up, longer clinical experience tended to affect lower scores.
Conclusion: From these results, we can conclude that the SimEx education and evaluation system facilitates scholars’ tone-literacy, and this system is veritably useful for uninterrupted study and clinical skill training for dentists, especially for scholars and inferior dentists with high usability satisfaction.
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