Testing Educational Modalities for Temporomandibular Disorders Curriculum

Conditions

• Confidence
• Diagnostic Ability

Eligibility Criteria

Sex

ALL

Age

18 Years - N/A

Healthy Volunteers

Accepted

Interventions

• Virtual Patient Based Learning (VPBL) — OTHER
  A digital platform featuring 20 virtual patients has been built to increase predoctoral student clinical exposure to patients with TMD signs and symptoms
• Clinical exposure to patients with TMD — OTHER
  Participants in this arm will be exposed to patients with TMD signs and symptoms, to the history taking, interview, clinical examination, diagnostic process, and treatment plan under the supervision of an orofacial pain specialist
• Clinical exposure to TMD + VPBL — OTHER
  Participants will be exposed to patients with TMD signs and symptoms (including history taking, interview, clinical exam, diagnostic process, and treatment plan) under the supervision of an orofacial pain specialist, and then will be exposed to the corresponding TMD patient on the VPBL, featuring virtual patients with TMD

Study Details

This study is done to assess the change in confidence level, knowledge, and diagnostic ability in TMD-related aspects through the exposure to a Virtual Patient-Based Learning (VPBL) platform featuring temporomandibular disorder (TMD) cases among 3rd and 4th year predoctoral dental students at a larger predoctoral school.

Key Dates

Start date

Jun 13, 2025

Status verified

Sep 2025

Primary completion

Oct 1, 2026

Completion

Oct 1, 2026

Study Design

Enrollment

90 participants (estimated)

Allocation

NON_RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

PARALLEL

Primary purpose

OTHER

Arms

• Active Comparator: Clinical exposure to patients with TMD
  Participants will be exposed to clinical patients with TMD
• Active Comparator: Clinical exposure to patients with TMD and virtual patient based learning (VPBL)
  Participants will be exposed to clinical patients with TMD and to the corresponding virtual patient with the same TMD diagnosis featured on the VPBL
• Experimental: Virtual Patient Based Learning (VPBL)
  Participants will be exposed to review virtual patients featured on the VPBL

Primary Outcome Measure

Self-perceived Confidence Level [ Time Frame: Immediately after the educational intervention ]

Central Contacts

• Linda Sangalli, DDS, MS, PhD
  630-515-4617
  [email protected]

Locations (1)

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