Formative key feature examinations as innovative teaching approach in dental education: A project report.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Clinical reasoning ability is one of the core competencies of physicians. It should already be trained during undergraduate medical education. At University Medical Center Göttingen (UMG), medical students can participate in formative key feature examinations in which they work on virtual patient cases in order to apply and deepen the procedural knowledge acquired in lectures and seminars.

Problem and objective

While this teaching format is already established in the medical curriculum at the UMG, it has not yet been implemented in the dental curriculum at the same institution. Therefore, the current project aimed to evaluate the feasibility of formative key feature examinations in dental education.

Methods

In 2022, new key feature cases foc

SUBMITTER: Becker T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11474647 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature