title: Integrating electronic patient records into a multi-media clinic-based simulation center using a PC blade platform: a foundation for a new pedagogy in dentistry.
abstract: Simulation has been used for many years in dental education, but the educational context is typically a laboratory divorced from the clinical setting, which impairs the transfer of learning. Here we report on a true simulation clinic with multimedia communication from a central teaching station. Each of the 43 fully-functioning student operatories includes a thin-client networked computer with access to an Electronic Patient Record (EPR).
authors.affiliation: The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston - Dental Branch, Houston, TX, USA.
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Taylor
authors.forename: John A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Valenza
authors.forename: James M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Spence
authors.forename: Randolph H
authors.initials: RH
authors.lastname: Baber
mesh_terms: D003198:Computer Simulation; D003194:Computer-Assisted Instruction; D003792:Dental Records; D004497:Education, Dental / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D016347:Medical Records Systems, Computerized; D008838:Microcomputers; D019212:Multimedia; D013663:Teaching