VIRTUAL HEALTHCARE DENTAL ASSISTING
Virtual Healthcare – Dental Assistant is the first health science simulation in the Virtual Healthcare series from Knowledge Matters. In Dental Assisting Skills and Procedures, students apply the concepts they learn in class to an experiential learning journey on their way to becoming a dental assistant. In a low-stakes virtual setting, students gain a deeper understanding of what it takes to provide quality care and strive for high patient satisfaction.
Within the simulation, students focus on learning the necessary skills and steps involved with each common dental procedure. They also enhance their ability to communicate effectively, understand their scope of practice, manage infection control, handle emergencies, chart, and manage patient notes using the CPIF tool (Clinical Patient Interaction Form).
In this simulation students gain a better understanding of how to fulfill typical dental assisting expectations, including triage and juggling various duties like office prep, admin, and scheduling. Concepts are taught and scaffolded during lessons and students work independently during “Goal Steps” at the end of each lesson.
Virtual Healthcare takes students out of the abstract and into the reality of a dental office.
Video Tour
Lessons Include
- Part I: Skills
- Operational Tasks
- Scope of Practice
- Scheduling
- Communicating With the Patient
- Vital Signs and Infection Control
- Disinfection and Sterilization
- The Comprehensive Exam + Capstone
- Part II: Procedures
- Assisting With a Composite Restoration
- Assisting With a Dental Crown
- Assisting With a Root Canal Therapy Procedure
- Assisting With an Extraction
- Responding to a Medical Emergency
- Project
Student Testimonials
Cayden
Irondequoit High School
Cayden compares her experiences at a professional sport event to what she learned through the Knowledge Matters Virtual Simulations. She enjoyed seeing how what she learned applied in the real world. Cayden also explains how she is motivated to take her career in a certain direction thanks to the simulations.
Marley
Hoover High School
Marley describes how she was able to apply what she learned through the Knowledge Matters simulations to her retail experience working at Forever 21. The Simulations excite her about learning business through fashion and retail since that is something she is passionate about.
Nick
Hoover High School
Nick from Hoover High School uses the real life skills he learns through the Knowledge Matters simulations in his job at a restaurant and shares how they can prepare him for a future in business.
Mason
Hillsboro Deering High School
Mason shares how the Knowledge Matters Simulations helped him realize what career path he could take and how he can incorporate his love for sports in his future.