Primary study · included by 1 review

Introduction and Effectiveness of Early Clinical Exposure Among Dental Students in Pre-clinical Prosthodontics.

Komal 2024 · Maheshwari Komal, Shigli Kamal, Tiwari Bhawana, et al. · Cureus · 2024

Included by

The Impact of Early Clinical Exposure on Competency Development in Dental Students: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
Non-Cochrane · intervention · 2026 · cited as Komal 2024 · Table 2; Fig. 2A; reference list
Outcome this study informsPooled effectEvidenceCertainty
Overall competency (student scores)
Early clinical exposure (real, simulated or virtual) vs Traditional lecture-based teaching without clinical contact
SMD 1.37 [0.78, 1.97]14 studiesGRADE not reported
Overall competency (student scores)
Early clinical exposure (real, simulated or virtual) vs Traditional lecture-based teaching without clinical contact
SMD 1.06 [0.53, 1.58]13 studiesGRADE not reported
Overall competency (student scores)
Early clinical exposure (real, simulated or virtual) vs Traditional lecture-based teaching without clinical contact
SMD 1.25 [0.83, 1.66]27 studies · 2995 participantsLow

1 including review in total.