Timothy J Walker, Christopher D Pfledderer, Derek W Craig, Michael C Robertson, Natalia I Heredia, John B Bartholomew
Elementary school staff perspectives on the implementation of physical activity approaches in practice: an exploratory sequential mixed methods study
Frontiers in public health
purpose study compare student performance removable partial denture rpd design preclinical rpd course without using recently developed computer software named aidental additionally student perceptions associated use software assessed aidental software consists learning environment containing rpd design system automatically designs rpds based users input software also contains rpd game component compares users rpd design automatically generated rpd ideal design study conducted two phases phase one preclinical secondyear dental students participated study randomly divided two groups aidental group aidental software access n 36 conventional group without software access n 37 groups received conventional rpd instruction practice however aidental group additional access aidental software 2 weeks groups took mock practical test collected graded principal investigator pi pi blinded group assignment identifying information used mock practical phase two students granted access aidental software remainder preclinical course duration conclusion course students given survey evaluate perceptions aidental software descriptive statistics calculated analyzed variables related perceptions aidental designer game assessed using spearmans rank correlation test chisquare test fishers exact test nonparametric wilcoxon ranksum test appropriate addition thematic analysis responses optional comments section conducted using braun clarke method phase one results showed subjects aidental group likely subjects conventional group receive final grade b phase two results showed generally favorable student perceptions towards software additionally results showed age significantly negatively correlated ease use software improving decisionmaking critical thinking relative rpd design choices however correlation age using software reference noted use aidentals automated feedback gamification techniques rpd education positive effect student grades wellliked students thus results suggest aidental potential useful adjunct preclinical teaching