Abstract

Historically, simulation-based dental education was taught using practical skills and the action of doing. An increased awareness of the importance of patient safety in healthcare education and delivery has seen considerable advances in the application of simulation-based education across several healthcare disciplines including medicine, nursing and anaesthetics. Dental simulation-based education requires improved standards of best-practice, and evidence-based, curriculum design that is based on theoretical frameworks, conceptual frameworks and educational theories. In this commentary, we explore the educational theory and the development of healthcare simulation, including internationally recognised standards of best practice and the simulation-based activity cycle. Given simulation-based education should be fit-for purpose, the components of these standards are examined within the specific context of dental education. We propose an evidence-based, best-practice framework that can be applied in the design and delivery of contemporary simulation-based dental curriculum.

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