Technology enhanced medical education using smart glasses for oral and dental examinations: an observational pilot study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The importance of dental knowledge in medical school education has been previously emphasized however, there have been limitation with adoption of a dental and oral examination component in the medical school curriculum, with hands-on training the least taught. Smart glasses have been used in a variety of applications and the objective of our study was to analyze the effectiveness of smart glasses use as a feedback tool in teaching and evaluating the oral exam performed by medical students.

Methods

The pilot study included ten medical students and a standardized patient. All ten medical students were provided with a didactic self-study online course on dental examinations and were arbitrarily assigned into two groups of five. One group was assigned to an intervent

SUBMITTER: Punj A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11834264 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature