Haptically-enabled Simulators in Dentistry for Assessment of Psychomotor Performance

Tern, Grace, Kukreja, Guneet and Quinn, Barry ORCID: 0000-0002-9058-3849 (2022) Haptically-enabled Simulators in Dentistry for Assessment of Psychomotor Performance. In: IADR General Session, 2022-6-20 - 2022-6-25.

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Abstract

Haptically-enabled Simulators in Dentistry for Assessment of Psychomotor Performance Grace Tern¹, Guneet Kukreja¹ and Barry F.A. Quinn² ¹ King’s College London, UK ² University of Liverpool. UK Objectives This research explores how haptically-enabled operative dentistry tasks can be used to provide accurate assessment and comparison of psychomotor skills between fourth and fifth-year dental students. Methods In this anonymous, non-interventional study that required no ethical approval, fourth- and fifth-year dental students (n=227) were issued two tasks involving the removal of a cross-shaped target whilst minimising encroachment onto the 0.2mm leeway space and the outer container, using direct vision (MAN04) and indirect vision (MAN11). Students were to submit their best attempt. No limits on the number of attempts or time constraints were imposed, but students had to submit MAN04 before progressing to MAN11. For guidance, tutors set “clinically acceptable” parameters: removal of ≥96% target, ≤7% leeway and <1% container, which we used as inclusion criteria. Results The percentages of target removed, leeway space encroached into and container hit on submitted attempts were evaluated using the inclusion criteria. 61.3% of fourth-years opted to proceed from MAN04 (direct vision) to MAN11 (indirect vision) compared to 52.5% of fifth-years. However, in fulfilling the inclusion criteria, 41.7% of fifth-year students succeeded compared to 35.2% of fourth-years for MAN04; similarly, for MAN11, 47.9% of fifth-years versus 24.1% of fourth-years succeeded. Yet among the students accepted by the inclusion criteria for MAN04, there was no statistically significant difference between the two years for the mean percentage of leeway encroached upon and target removed. Conclusions Accurate feedback provided on haptically-enabled tasks has enabled comparison of performance characteristics between groups; a consistently higher percentage of fifth-years fulfilled the inclusion criteria for both tasks, particularly the more technique-sensitive indirect vision task. However, where results between groups were not statistically significant, the fifth-years could have reached a threshold level on par with fourth-years, beyond which any further clinical experience offers little improvement in psychomotor performance.

Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (Unspecified)
Divisions:	Faculty of Health and Life Sciences Faculty of Health and Life Sciences > Institute of Life Courses and Medical Sciences Faculty of Health and Life Sciences > Institute of Life Courses and Medical Sciences > School of Dentistry
Depositing User:	Symplectic Admin
Date Deposited:	30 Jun 2022 15:09
Last Modified:	18 Jan 2023 20:56
URI:	https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3157449