Dental education
Chairside practice before the chair
Students take a history, work through a differential and commit to a diagnosis while the patient in front of them behaves like a patient: partial answers, background they mention only when asked, and a level of anxiety the case sets.
A scenario in this field
- Participant
- Dental student
- Character
- Patient
- The case
- Acute pain in the lower right quadrant, three day history, cold sensitivity, controlled diabetes the patient does not mention unprompted.
- Evidence
- Periapical radiographs, bitewings, intraoral photographs and charting appear when the student asks for imaging.
Material teams upload
- Clinical protocols
- Case libraries
- Assessment rubrics
- Course handbooks
What sessions are marked on
- History taking
- Clinical reasoning
- Diagnosis
- Communication
- Professionalism
These criteria are a starting point. Rubrics are defined per organization, so yours replace them entirely.