Simulation learning technologies in modern dental education: analysis of students’ opinions
Simulation training in medicine opens up new horizons for students’ practical training, advanced training of practicing physicians, as well as systems for assessing the formation of competencies. The Dentist Laboratory, in which dental students start learning already in the first year of study, is successfully functioning in the Training Simulation Center (TSC) of Kursk State Medical University (KSMU). To study the satisfaction of students with the effectiveness of using simulation training in the formation of practical skills, after passing the test during on-the-job training, a voluntary anonymous survey of 110 fourth-year students of the Faculty of Dentistry of Kursk State Medical University was conducted. The questionnaire included a question pool for approval of the argument, and the overwhelming majority of the surveyed students recognize the clear advantages of using simulation technologies at all stages of medical education. 84% of the respondents noted that the reality of sensations when modeling clinical situations in the phantom class of KSMU is close to a real hospital environment. The respondents identified the required number of trainings they needed to confidently master the basic practical skills, as well as highlighted the disadvantages of simulation training in comparison with actual clinical practice. Analyzing the data obtained and taking into account the students’ general desire to increase the total number of trainings, the schedule of classes in the simulation class of KSMU was corrected.