Pre-clinical undergraduate students' perspectives on the adoption of virtual and augmented reality to their dental learning experience: A one-group pre- and post-test design protocol.

ABSTRACT: Background: We live in a time where traditional education has rapidly incorporated online modalities due to the recent SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) safety measures such as social distancing. Regardless of these challenges, health education constantly strives to implement the best technologies available for an effective student deep learning outcome. Virtual (VR) and augmented reality (AR) in the dental pre-clinical stage may help stimulate students to better understand the foundation material prescribed in the curriculum. Most visual material available for students is still mainly based on 2D graphics. Thus, this study will attempt to evaluate the students' perceptions about implementing VR/AR technologies in the learning setting. Methods: A single-group pretest-posttest design will

SUBMITTER: Afrashtehfar KI 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9837452 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature