- Title
- The implementation of instructional design for dental and oral health simulated-based learning experience for psychomotor skill acquisition supported by a conceptual framework and educational theories
- Creator
- Higgins, Denise
- Relation
- University of Newcastle Research Higher Degree Thesis
- Resource Type
- thesis
- Date
- 2019
- Description
- Research Doctorate - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
- Description
- Historically dentists and oral health therapists begin their pre- clinical technique training in simulation environments. There is limited published literature in this area of simulation design, curriculum and teaching delivery including educational theories, instructional design, psychomotor skill acquisition or standards of best-practice. To address these deficiencies this thesis presents a series of philosophical research questions and findings that collectively make an original contribution to the future of dental and oral health simulation-based curriculum, teaching and learning. This body of work presents a hybrid traditional and artefact thesis supported by an exegesis. This consists of traditional components and elements specific to the original designed artefacts, with the exegesis components emphasising why the artefacts were developed and used in the research study to solve the identified deficiencies. This original investigation consisted of: Analysis of dental and oral health simulation educator Faculty members’ personal teaching experiences. ; Analysis of existing dental and oral health simulation-based teaching and learning curriculum. ; Evaluation of the existing simulation-based learning techniques and technologies. ; Development of innovative, contemporary, ‘fit-for-purpose’ simulator technology complete with design evaluation and strategic analysis. This thesis provides an original curriculum that includes original artefacts specifically designed to address the existing deficiencies of dental and oral health simulation-based teaching and learning. This includes the original creation and design of a dental local anaesthetic administration part-task training simulator, and an original virtual reality local anaesthetic mode of delivery for students. The findings and teaching aids from this research have been implemented in the Bachelor of Oral Health Therapy program at the University of Newcastle, Australia. There is national and international interest in this research and its findings. This research is changing the way dentists and oral health therapists will be educated in the future.
- Subject
- oral health; simulation; simulation-based education; simulator; psychomotor skills; deliberate practice; dental
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1401285
- Identifier
- uon:34887
- Rights
- Copyright 2019 Denise Higgins
- Language
- eng
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