Recruiting

VPBL

Sponsor:

Midwestern University

Code:

NCT07203456

Conditions

Confidence

Diagnostic Ability

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18+

Healthy Volunteers: Accepted

Interventions

Virtual Patient Based Learning (VPBL)

Clinical exposure to patients with TMD

Clinical exposure to TMD + VPBL

Study Details

Brief summary:

This study is done to assess the change in confidence level, knowledge, and diagnostic ability in TMD-related aspects through the exposure to a Virtual Patient-Based Learning (VPBL) platform featuring temporomandibular disorder (TMD) cases among 3rd and 4th year predoctoral dental students at a larger predoctoral school.

Conditions

Confidence

Diagnostic Ability

Study ID

NCT07203456

Start date

Jun 13, 2025

Status verified date

Sep, 2025

Completion date

Oct 1, 2026

Anticipated

Primary completion date

Oct 1, 2026

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18+

Healthy Volunteers: Accepted

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Third or Fourth year dental students at the College of Dental Medicine at Midwestern University (Illinois)

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Dental students not enrolled at the third and/or fourth year of the College of Dental Medicine at Midwestern University (Illinois)

Study Design

Enrollment

90 participants

Anticipated

Allocation

Non randomized

Intervention Model

Parallel Assignment

Primary purpose

Other

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Arms

active comparator: Clinical exposure to patients with TMD

Participants will be exposed to clinical patients with TMD

active comparator: Clinical exposure to patients with TMD and virtual patient based learning (VPBL)

Participants will be exposed to clinical patients with TMD and to the corresponding virtual patient with the same TMD diagnosis featured on the VPBL

experimental: Virtual Patient Based Learning (VPBL)

Participants will be exposed to review virtual patients featured on the VPBL

Interventions

Virtual Patient Based Learning (VPBL)

A digital platform featuring 20 virtual patients has been built to increase predoctoral student clinical exposure to patients with TMD signs and symptoms

Clinical exposure to patients with TMD

Participants in this arm will be exposed to patients with TMD signs and symptoms, to the history taking, interview, clinical examination, diagnostic process, and treatment plan under the supervision of an orofacial pain specialist

Clinical exposure to TMD + VPBL

Participants will be exposed to patients with TMD signs and symptoms (including history taking, interview, clinical exam, diagnostic process, and treatment plan) under the supervision of an orofacial pain specialist, and then will be exposed to the corresponding TMD patient on the VPBL, featuring virtual patients with TMD

Primary outcome measure

  • Self-perceived Confidence Level [ Time Frame: Immediately after the educational intervention ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Central contacts

Linda Sangalli, DDS, MS, PhD

630-515-4617lsanga@midwestern.edu

Locations

Midwestern University

Recruiting

Downers Grove, Illinois, United States, 60515

Contacts

Linda Sangalli

630-515-4617lsanga@midwestern.edu

More Information

Sponsor

Midwestern University

Last update posted

Oct 2, 2025

Last verified

Sep, 2025

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-09-09. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by Midwestern University on 2025-10-02.