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Dental students' perceptions of their use of e-learning to enhance training in oral surgery

BDJ Student volume 27, pages 18–22 (2020)Cite this article

By R. T. Bernstein, H. S. Willsher and T. Harris.

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    Improves understanding of how oral surgery e-learning may be useful according to dental students' preferred learning styles.

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    Provides evidence that dental students like to use oral surgery e-learning for their revision.

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    Suggests some areas of focus for further empirical research in dental undergraduate training to assess oral surgery e-learning tools as part of a blended learning.

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  1. Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Royal London Dental Hospital, Turner Street, W1 1DE, London, UK

    Rebecca Bernstein

  2. Dart Vale Dental Care, 24 Bridgetown, TQ9 5AD, Totnes, UK

    Hannah Willsher

  3. Oral Surgery Department, University of Bristol, Lower Maudlin Street, BS1 2LY, Bristol, UK

    Tim Harris

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Bernstein, R., Willsher, H. & Harris, T. Dental students' perceptions of their use of e-learning to enhance training in oral surgery. BDJ Student 27, 18–22 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41406-019-0097-y

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