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This chapter discusses the need to teach problem-solving skills to dental students and describes the development, formative evaluation, implementation, and planned summative evaluation of the Dental Diagnosis and Treatment (DDx&Tx) System, a series of patient simulations designed to teach these problem-solving skills. A separate discussion summarizes the role of evaluation in guiding the development process of all instructional technology products, with examples provided from our experiences with the Dental Diagnosis and Treatment (DDx&Tx) System.
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Johnson, L.A. (1992). Tools for Technology Assisted Learning: Teaching Problem-Solving Skills with Patient Simulations. In: Abbey, L.M., Zimmerman, J.L. (eds) Dental Informatics. Computers in Health Care. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-9160-9_13
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