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Testing Educational Modalities for Temporomandibular Disorders Curriculum

No phase Interventional Confidence Diagnostic Ability

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In plain language

An automatic summary of structured registry data. It is an orientation aid, not a substitute for the official protocol or a physician assessment.

What is being studied
The protocol lists: Virtual Patient Based Learning (VPBL), Clinical exposure to patients with TMD, Clinical exposure to TMD + VPBL.
Who it may be relevant to
Registry conditions: Confidence, Diagnostic Ability. Basic parameters: from 18 years · All.
What needs checking
Age, condition and sex are only basic indicators. Prior treatment, laboratory values and other mandatory requirements appear in the eligibility criteria below.
Where it takes place
United States
Next step
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Overview

This study is done to assess the change in confidence level, knowledge, and diagnostic ability in TMD-related aspects through the exposure to a Virtual Patient-Based Learning (VPBL) platform featuring temporomandibular disorder (TMD) cases among 3rd and 4th year predoctoral dental students at a larger predoctoral school.

Interventions

  • Other Virtual Patient Based Learning (VPBL)
    A digital platform featuring 20 virtual patients has been built to increase predoctoral student clinical exposure to patients with TMD signs and symptoms
  • Other Clinical exposure to patients with TMD
    Participants in this arm will be exposed to patients with TMD signs and symptoms, to the history taking, interview, clinical examination, diagnostic process, and treatment plan under the supervision of an orofacial pain specialist
  • Other Clinical exposure to TMD + VPBL
    Participants will be exposed to patients with TMD signs and symptoms (including history taking, interview, clinical exam, diagnostic process, and treatment plan) under the supervision of an orofacial pain specialist, and then will be exposed to the corresponding TMD patient on the VPBL, featuring virtual patients with TMD

Primary outcome measures

  • Self-perceived Confidence Level [Time frame: Immediately after the educational intervention]
Secondary outcome measures (1)
  • Diagnostic ability in diagnosing TMD cases [Time frame: Immediately after the educational intervention]

Eligibility criteria

Inclusion criteria

  • Third or Fourth year dental students at the College of Dental Medicine at Midwestern University (Illinois)

Exclusion criteria

  • Dental students not enrolled at the third and/or fourth year of the College of Dental Medicine at Midwestern University (Illinois)

Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.

Healthy volunteers: Yes

Study design

Allocation
Non-randomized
Model
Parallel assignment
Masking
Open label
Primary purpose
Other

Study locations

United States · 1 center
  • Midwestern University — Downers Grove

Publications

  • Sangalli L, Manning E, Abdykarimova A, Gao O, Lok B, Hawkins J, Miller CS. Integrating virtual patient-based learning into temporomandibular disorder education improves educational and behavioral outcomes. BMC Med Educ. 2026 May 9;26(1):1063. doi: 10.1186/s12909-026-09388-0. PMID 42106674

Identifiers

NCT: NCT07203456 · #IRB-24-0018

Primary sources (government registries)

View this study on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗