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Using E-portfolios to Identify Threshold Concepts in Removable Prosthodontics.

Edward Waters^1,2, Delyse Leadbeatter¹

¹Sydney Dental School, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney, Surry Hills, Australia.

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E-portfolios may help dental students grasp challenging concepts in removable prosthodontics. Analysis revealed functional occlusion and records as potential threshold concepts, improving preclinical laboratory learning.

Keywords:

Curriculum dental education graduate prosthodontics qualitative research thinking

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Area of Science:

Dental Education
Prosthodontics
Educational Technology

Background:

Traditional preclinical laboratory training in removable prosthodontics often disconnects from clinical application.
Students face difficulties understanding complex threshold concepts crucial for mastering removable prosthodontics.
The utility of e-portfolios in identifying these threshold concepts remains unexplored.

Purpose of the Study:

To investigate the potential of e-portfolios in identifying threshold concepts within preclinical removable prosthodontics education.
To explore how students perceive and articulate their learning experiences related to threshold concepts.

Main Methods:

Dental students at an Australian institution created e-portfolios of their preclinical removable prosthodontics laboratory experiences.
A deductive qualitative analysis approach was employed to analyze student e-portfolio responses.

Main Results:

Two primary themes emerged: functional occlusion and functional records.
Student reflections linked these themes to transformative insights, knowledge integration, and bounded professional practice, characteristic of threshold concepts.

Conclusions:

E-portfolio analysis can be a valuable tool for identifying threshold concepts in dental education.
Functional occlusion and functional records represent potential threshold concepts within the discipline of removable prosthodontics.