Hybrid CBL-SST-simulator session design for preclinical endodontics

Design · All designs
Evidence · 3 claims (2 for, 1 mixed) · 1 study (1 causal), q2 · 0 of 1 report an effect size · 3 claims rest on one study

Description

A six-week weekly two-hour session structure integrating Case-Based Learning, Scene Simulation Teaching, and dental simulator practice. Each session moves through pre-class online case review, a 15-minute theory review, a 30-minute "Simulated clinical encounter (CBL and SST)", 40 minutes of standardized simulator operation, 20 minutes of feedback and evaluation, and a 15-minute summary ending with a written outpatient medical record assignment. Communication is practiced using the SEGUE framework during role-play.

Design Implications

Context

Requirements

• Dental simulators and standardized patient records/role-players
• An online learning platform for pre-class case materials
• Instructors to circulate and guide posture and technique during simulator practice

Constraints

• Evaluated only in a pilot with 20 students in one Endodontics module at a single institution

Target Learners

• fifth-year undergraduate dental students

Learning Goals

• clinical thinking and differential diagnosis
• doctor-patient communication
• Class II cavity preparation and access opening skills

Claims

• Hybrid Cbl Sst Higher Clinical Thinking Than Lbl [+M]
• Hybrid Cbl Sst Higher Segue Communication Than Lbl [+M]
• Hybrid Cbl Sst No Difference Theoretical Knowledge [~M]

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Key Sources

• Rao Lijia, Wu Jiahua, Deng Bixia, Hong Yubing, Wu Juan, Chen Yiming, Chen Mu. (2026). Efficacy of a hybrid case-based learning and simulated clinical encounter model versus lecture-based learning in dental education. BMC Medical Education. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12909-026-08937-x

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title	Hybrid CBL-SST-simulator session design for preclinical endodontics
description	A six-week weekly two-hour session structure integrating Case-Based Learning, Scene Simulation Teaching, and dental simulator practice.
status	review
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