The effectiveness of integrating role play into case-based learning in dental education: enhancing critical thinking and teamwork skills.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Modern dental education necessitates dynamic methodologies to foster critical thinking and teamwork skills, which might include case-based learning (CBL) and role play (RP).

Objectives

To evaluate the impact of the combined CBL and RP (CBL-RP) approaches on critical thinking and teamwork skills among dental students by comparing pre- and post-RP evaluation scores.

Methods

This pre-post intervention study was conducted at the Faculty of Dentistry, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. The study involved all 193 third-year dental students, who were organized into groups of 7-9 members to participate in four CBL sessions. Each CBL session consisted of a detailed case scenario, a pre-RP presentation preparation, a CBL-RP session facilitated by a trai

SUBMITTER: Abdel-Wahed N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11670448 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature