The Educational Research & Scholarship Unit was officially launched October 13, 2016. Currently, the Unit Committee consists of Dr. Sharon Compton as the Director, Dr. Arnaldo Perez as the lead Educational Researcher, Dr. Hollis Lai as a part-time Quantitative Researcher, Dr. Gisele Gaudet-Amigo as the Curriculum Coordinator, and Jacqueline Green as the research assistant. Highlights Since the launch of the Unit, the ERSU has: ● Oversight for the School of Dentistry Educational Research Fund (SDERF) and have supported the administrative processes aligned to this activity. We currently have supported 16 projects through the SDERF process with 17 of the School of Dentistry’s faculty members and 3 of the School of Dentistry’s graduate and undergraduate students engaged in these activities. ● ERSU Terms of Reference were developed and approved by the Executive Committee (December 6th, 2016) and ratified by Department Council (December 9, 2016). These Terms of Reference have been updated September 2019 and are awaiting approval. ● Website designed and developed for the Unit that includes links to the SDERF, monthly seminars, and resources for faculty. ● Launched a monthly seminar session starting in January of 2017 that focuses on topics related to the scholarship of teaching and learning (SoTL) and educational research. ● Worked with multiple faculty and associated research projects to support and actively engage in the research being undertaken. ● Communicated to the School of Dentistry current and upcoming possibilities for presenting, publishing or being recognized for academic innovation and research.
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Our Vision Be a leader in oral health education through conducting high-quality research that positively contributes to knowledge dissemination, policy, and practice.
17 SDERF Funded Projects 8 Manuscripts Published
23 Internal Presentations
Supporting Research Endeavours with CRC
29 Research Projects 18 External Presentations
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SDERF Awards Given Award Round July-2020
Jan-2020
Dec-2019
Sep-2019
Feb-2018
Applicants Nazlee Sharmin, Ava Chow, Nathanial Maeda
Arnaldo Perez, Seema Ganatra, Tania Doblanko, Silvia Gianoni-Capenakas, Maryam Kebbe Seema Ganatra, Arnaldo Perez, Maryam Amin, Tania Doblanko, Maryam Kebbe, Nick Holt Silvia Ortiz, Hollis Lai, Monica Gibson, Minn Yoon Maryam SharifzadehAmin, Tasha Hou, Hollis Lai, Steven Patterson, Gisele Gaudet-Amigo, Hollis Lai Samantha Hausler, Sharon Compton, Ava Chow, Sally Lockwood
Ida Kornerup, Monica Gibson, Liran Levin
Oct-2017
Wendy Male, Kari Rasmussen
Oct-2016
Monica Gibson, Liran Levin, Kari Rasmussen
Project Title Augmented Reality application to develop learning tools for students: Transforming cellphones into flashcards Active Learning in Classroom Dental Education: A Scoping Review
Amount Awarded $2083.08
$2898.04
Dental Student Experiences with Think-Pair-Share that includes storytelling and wildcards to improve clinical learning Children’s Perspectives of Dental Care
$2887.20
Examining the Cultural Competency of Current and Incoming Dental Students at the University of Alberta
$2,998.86
Assessing learning outcomes and student learning experience following use of videos to promote self-directed learning in a periodontal instrumentation skills laboratory
$3,000.00
Students’ approach to the formulation of a periodontal diagnosis and treatment plan of pediatric patients: examining the effect of didactic and clinical experiences from a mixed methods perspective Examining the impact of gamified learning activities in Oral Health Sciences II: Retention of key concepts and students’ conceptions Students’ approach to the formulation of a diagnosis and treatment plan during their periodontal training: Examining the effect of didactic and clinical experiences from a mixed methods perspective
$3,000.00
$2,970.00
$2,740.00
$2,960.00
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Apr-2016
Camila Pacheco Pereira; Anthea Senior; Kari Rasmussen; Ellen Watson; Anita Parker
The utilization of a blended learning environment to increase alignment between learning and practice: Student’s perceptions of confidence in interpreting dental x-rays – a qualitative approach
$2,975.00
Sally Lockwood, Sharon Compton
Using Video Clips to Support Learning in Pre-clinical Dental Hygiene Education E4D Compare Educational Software usage in Preclinical Dental School Integrating an image classification teaching tool to enhance student learning Evaluation of the Online Educational Experience in a Dental Hygiene Program
$1,000.00
Surgical Training Videos Using an e-book model to assess the efficacy and Effectiveness of virtual training for pre-clinical dental students Development of an Online Diagnostic Score Report for the Dental Hygiene OSCE Use of an iBook Course Text to Teach Removable Prosthodontics to Undergraduate Dental Students
$1,375.00
Ysidora Torrealba; Sheila Passos; Alan Kilistoff Hollis Lai; Minn Yoon
Ava Chow, Sharon Compton; Samantha Dalpe Reena Talwar-Provoledo; Mark Karstad; Patrick Von-Hauff
Oct-2015
Alix Clarke; Minn Yoon; Hollis Lai Tyler Verhaeghe; Steven Patterson; Aidan Rowe
$2,950.00
$2,945.00
$2,759.00
$2,817.00
$2,800.00
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Project List of Past and Current Projects The following list presents an overview of projects that have engaged with the ERSU.
Students’ approach to the formulation of a diagnosis and treatment plan during their periodontal training: Examining the effect of didactic and clinical experiences from a mixed methods perspective. Primary Investigator(s): Monica Gibson, Liran Levin, Salar Mofidi (graduate student) ERSU Contact: Arnaldo Perez, Jacqueline Green Funding: SDERF - $2,960 Status of the project: ongoing
Understanding the student experience when completing a medical history OSCE using a virtual platform Primary Investigator(s): Sally Lockwood, Sharon Compton, Meghan Rannells ERSU Contact: Jacqueline Green Funding: None Status of the project: ongoing
Transforming a Dental Hygiene course from face-to-face to online: Assessing the impact on students Primary Investigator(s): Nazlee Sharmin, Ava Chow ERSU Contact: Jacqueline Green Funding: None Status of the project: ongoing
Active Case-Based learning in Oral Pathology: The Confluence of Multiple Teaching and Learning Techniques Primary Investigator(s): Seema Ganatra, Tania Doblanko, Jacqueline Green, Kari Rasmussen, Patrick Von Hauff, Maryam Kebbe, Maryam Sharifzadeh-Amin, Arnaldo Perez ERSU Contact: Arnaldo Perez, Jacqueline Green Funding: SDERF - $2887.20 Status of the project: Stage 1 Complete. Stage two underway that includes qualitative interviews with students
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Publication: Perceived Effectiveness and Applicability of a Modified Think-Pair-Share Strategy [Accepted by Teaching and Learning in Medicine] Presentations: • Perceived Effectiveness and Applicability of a Modified Version of Think-Pair-Share in Dental Education. ADEA 2020 (Poster) [Accepted] • Active Case-Based learning in Oral Pathology: The Confluence of Multiple Teaching and Learning Techniques, UofA Festival of Teaching and Learning (Poster) • Active Case-Based learning in Oral Pathology: The Confluence of Multiple Teaching and Learning Techniques. ADEA 2019 (Poster) • Using stories to engage third and fourth-year dental students in oral pathology cases: Beyond diagnosis and treatment. UofA festival of teaching and learning 2018 (Poster)
Pre-liminal Study of Dental Hygiene students moving to degree Primary Investigator(s): Kari Rasmussen, Samantha Dalpe, Sharon Compton ERSU Contact: Sharon Compton, Kari Rasmussen, Jacqueline Green Funding: 2018 HPE Summer Studentship - $3000.00 Status of project: Nearing completion Presentation: • Pre-liminal Study of Dental Hygiene students moving to degree (CDHA 2018) (Poster)
Evaluation of an e-Textbook Platform for Dental Hygiene Programs - usability and effectiveness for the Dental Hygiene program Primary Investigator(s): Sharon Compton, Kari Rasmussen, Rachelle Pratt ERSU Contact: Kari Rasmussen, Jacqueline Green Funding: None Status of the project: Complete Presentations: • E-Textbooks in Dental Hygiene Education: Utilization and Attitudes of Students and Faculty of a Single Source Electronic Textbook Platform (CDHA 2017) (Poster) Publication: Pratt, R. S., Green, J. L., Rasmussen, K., Lai, H., & Compton, S. M. (2019). Dental hygiene students and faculty attitudes and utilization of a single source electronic textbook platform. International journal of dental hygiene. 2019;17: 268-279.
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Demonstrating Learning Potential Using Objective Structured Clinical Examinations Primary Investigator(s): Minn Yoon, Sharon Compton, Barbara Gitzel, Alexandra Sheppard ERSU Contact: Jacqueline Green Funding: None Status of the project: Manuscript review A draft manuscript has been created and is awaiting edits for submission.
Active Learning Systematic Review Primary Investigator(s): Seema Ganatra, Tanushi Ambekar, Kari Rasmussen, Jacqueline Green, Maryam Kebbe, Tania Doblanko, Arnaldo Perez ERSU Contact: Arnaldo Perez, Jacqueline Green Funding: SDERF - $2898.04 Status of project: Data Collection and analysis phase Presentations: • Active learning in Dental Education: A Systematic Review (FoMD celebration of teaching and learning, 2017)
Student’s approach to the formulation of a periodontal diagnosis and treatment plan of pediatric patients: Examining the effect of didactic and clinical experiences from a mixed methods perspective. Primary Investigators: Ida Kornerup, Monica Gibson, Liran Levin, Disha Nagpal (graduate student) ERSU Contact: Jacqueline Green Funding: SDERF - $3000.00 Status of Project: Data collection
Assessing learning outcomes and student learning experience following use of videos to promote self-directed learning in a periodontal instrumentation skills laboratory Primary Investigators: Samantha Hausler, Sharon Compton, Ava Chow, Sally Lockwood ERSU Contact: Jacqueline Green Funding: SDERF - $3000.00 Status of Project: DNF (Graduate student withdrew form program due to ongoing medical problems)
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Children’s Perspectives of Dental Care Primary Investigators: Silvia Ortiz, Hollis Lai, Monica Gibson, Minn Yoon ERSU Contact: Jacqueline Green Funding: SDERF - $2,970 Status of Project: Data analysis phase
CRC Needs Assessment Research Primary Investigators: Arnaldo Perez, Sharon Compton, Steven Patterson, Hollis Lai, Bernard Linke, Gisele Gaudet-Amigo ERSU Contact: Arnaldo Perez, Jacqueline Green Funding: None Status of Project: Ongoing Projects include: • Manuscript (accepted to the EJDE) on student and faculty perspectives of assessment • Manuscript (upcoming) on student and faculty perspectives of teaching and learning Publication: Perez A, Green JL, Starchuk C, Senior A, Compton S, Gaudet-Amigo G, Lai H, Linke B, Patterson S. Dental faculty and student views of didactic and clinical assessment. A qualitative description study. European Journal of Dental Education [Accepted] March 2020.
Students’ Strategies to Address Challenges Related to their Dental Education Primary Investigators: Arnaldo Perez, Sharon Compton, Steven Patterson ERSU Contact: Arnaldo Perez, Jacqueline Green Funding: None Status of Project: Ongoing Presentations: • Students’ Strategies to Overcome Dental Education Challenges (IADR 2019) (Poster) • A Conceptual Framework of Dental Student Coping with Academic Challenges. ADEA 2020.
Identifying New Stressors Based on Student Experiences While Treating Uncooperative Children at the Pediatric Dentistry Clinic in the University of Alberta Primary Investigators: Ida Kornerup, Sharon Compton, Hollis Lai ERSU Contact: Jacqueline Green Funding: None [Updated August 12, 2020] Page 8
Status of Project: project design phase
Scoping review on program evaluation [working title] Primary Investigators: Arnaldo Perez, Jacqueline Green, Mohammad Moharrami (graduate student) ERSU Contact: Jacqueline Green, Arnaldo Perez Funding: 2020 HPE Summer Studentship - $3000.00 Status of Project: project design phase
Teaching students otherwise: Exploring an arts-based approach to dental hygiene education. Primary Investigators: Minn Yoon, Sharon Compton, Pamela Brett-McLean, Brad Necyk ERSU Contact: Sharon Compton Funding: None Status of Project: project design phase
Thinking Ecologically about Clinical Dental Education: An Ecological View of Clinical Dental Education Primary Investigators: Anthea Senior, Arnaldo Perez, Sharon Compton, Steven Patterson ERSU Contact: Arnaldo Perez, Jacqueline Green Funding: None Status of Project: Ongoing Publication: Perez A, Senior A, Green JL, Compton SM, Patterson S. Thinking Ecologically about Clinical Education in Dentistry. European Journal of Dental Education [Accepted] January 2020. Presentations: • Clinical Dental Education: A New Approach (ADEE 2019) (Poster) • Clinical Dental Education: A New Approach (School of Dentistry Research Day 2019) (Poster) • The need for a new approach to clinical education. The eco-centered approach. ADEA 2020. [submitted]
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Examining the impact of gamified learning activities in course name: Retention of key concepts and students' conceptions. Primary Investigators: Wendy Male ERSU Contact: Jacqueline Green Funding: SDERF - $2,740.00 Status of Project: Nearing completion Presentations: • A preliminary analysis of students’ perceptions of using gamified learning activities to improve retention of oral health science concepts (ADEA 2019) (Poster)
Examining the Cultural Competency of Current and Incoming Dental Students at the University of Alberta Primary Investigators: Maryam Sharifzadeh-Amin, Tasha Hou, Hollis Lai, Steven Patterson, Gisele Gaudet-Amigo ERSU Contact: Jacqueline Green Funding: SDERF - $2,998.86 Status of Project: Phase 1 Complete, a qualitative phase may be completed in the future.
Beyond clinic boundaries: enhancing students’ learning with online instructional videos Primary Investigator(s): Sally Lockwood, Sharon Compton ERSU Contact: Kari Rasmussen, Jacqueline Green Funding: SDERF - $1,000 Status of Project: Complete Publication: Lockwood, S., Compton, S., Green, J., Rasmussen, K. (2018) Dental hygiene students' clinical skill acquisition: Activity theory and the use of videos. Journal of Dental Hygiene, 92(2):15-21. Presentations: • Beyond Clinic Boundaries: Enhancing Students’ Learning with Online Instructional Videos (ADEA 2017) (Poster) • The utilization of videos to demonstrate psychomotor skills in small class sizes. (Sally Lockwood, Dr. Sharon Compton, Dr. Kari Rasmussen) (CNIE Annual Conference, Banff May 2017)
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The utilization of a blended learning environment to increase alignment between learning and practice: Students’ perceptions of confidence in interpreting dental x-rays – a qualitative approach Primary Investigator(s): Camila Pacheco-Pereira, Anthea Senior ERSU Contact: Kari Rasmussen (Investigator), Jacqueline Green Funding: SDERF - $2,975 Status of Project: Complete Presentations: • The utilization of a blended learning laboratory environment to increase alignment between learning and practice: Students' perceptions of confidence in interpreting dental x-rays (AAOMR 2017) (Poster) • Pacheco-Pereira, C., Senior, A., Watson, E., Green, J., Compton, S. A Blended Learning Radiology Model: A Qualitative Evaluation. 2018 Academy of Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology Conference (Poster). Publication: Pacheco‐Pereira C; Senior A; Green J, Watson E, Rasmussen K, Compton SM. (2019) Assessing students’ confidence in interpreting dental radiographs following a blended learning module. International Journal of Dental Hygiene. 2019;17: 280-287.
Use of an iBook Course Text to Teach Removable Prosthodontics to undergraduate Dental Students Primary Investigator(s): Tyler Verhaeghe, Steven Patterson ERSU Contact: Kari Rasmussen Funding: SDERF - $2,800, TLEF Funding - $57,921 Status of project: Complete
Instructor Conceptions of Threshold Concepts and Troublesome Knowledge in a dentistry program: A Phenomenographic Study Primary Investigators: Kari Rasmussen, Jacqueline Green ERSU contact: Jacqueline Green Funding: none Status of Project: Complete Publication: Green, J., Rasmussen, K. (2018) Becoming a Dentist: faculty perceptions of student experiences with threshold concepts in a Canadian dental program. Canadian Medical Education Journal, 9(4):e102-e110. [Updated August 12, 2020] Page 11
Effectiveness and perception of performing three techniques for posterior restoration in novice dental students Primary Investigator(s): Bernard Linke, Bernard Kula ERSU Contact: Hollis Lai, Jacqueline Green Funding: None Status of project: Complete
Other Projects in SoD but no request for support from ERSU Light curing of composite restoration
Dwight Harley
Alan Kilistoff
Complete
Ergonomics and Magnification in Dental Schools
Dwight Harley
Alan Kilistoff
Complete
Effects of Previous Psychomotor Skills on a Novel Wax Carving Training Exercise
Dwight Harley
Alan Kilistoff
Complete
Implant Engineering Paper
Hollis Lai
Ysidora Torrealba
Integrating an image classification teaching tool to enhance student learning
Hollis Lai
Minn Yoon
IPE Elevator Pitch and Student Perceptions
Gisele Marianne Howell, Gaudet-Amigo Minn Yoon
Complete
Complete
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Manuscripts Published or In-Press to Date: 1. Ganatra S, Doblanko T, Rasmussen K, Green JL, Kebbe M, Amin M, Perez A. Perceived Effectiveness and Applicability of Think-Pair-Share including Storytelling (TPS-S) to Enhance Clinical Learning. Teaching and Learning in Medicine (accepted July 31, 2020) 2. Perez A, Green JL, Starchuk C, Senior A, Compton S, Gaudet-Amigo G, Lai H, Linke B, Patterson S. Dental faculty and student views of didactic and clinical assessment. A qualitative description study. European Journal of Dental Education (accepted March 23, 2020) 3. Perez A, Senior A, Green JL, Compton SM, Patterson S. (2020) Thinking Ecologically about Clinical Education in Dentistry. European Journal of Dental Education (accepted January 17, 2020) 4. Perez A, Compton SM, Green JL, Amin M (2020) Recommendations for approaching the introduction section of manuscripts and grant applications, Canadian Journal of Dental Hygiene. 2020:54(1):42-44. 5. Pacheco-Pereira C; Senior A; Green J; Watson E; Rasmussen K; Compton SM. (2019) Assessing students’ confidence in interpreting dental radiographs following a blended learning module. International Journal of Dental Hygiene. 2019;17: 280-287. 6. Pratt RS, Green JL, Rasmussen K, Lai H, & Compton SM (2019). Dental hygiene students and faculty attitudes and utilization of a single source electronic textbook platform. International Journal of Dental Hygiene. 2019;17: 268-279. 7. Green JL, Rasmussen K. (2018) Becoming a Dentist: faculty perceptions of student experiences with threshold concepts in a Canadian dental program. Canadian Medical Education Journal, 9(4):e102-e110. 8. Lockwood S, Compton SM, Green JL, Rasmussen K. (2018) Dental hygiene students' clinical skill acquisition: Activity theory and the use of videos. Journal of Dental Hygiene, 92(2):15-21.
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SoTL Seminar Series In the fall of 2016 members of the ERSU began to present at the Discover Dentistry Seminars starting in 2017 the Unit now hosts its own monthly seminar as well as brainstorming session to provide support and insight into Educational Research and to provide a home for the SDERF project teams to present their findings. Schedule of past and current seminars: Year
Date
Presenter(s)
2016 Jan 6 Steven Patterson
2017
Topic Getting started in teaching scholarship
Oct 26
Sharon Compton
Introduction to the ERSC
Jan 25
Tyler Verhaeghe, Steven Patterson, Aidan Rowe
Use of an iBook Course Text to Teach Removable Prosthodontics to Undergraduate Dental Students
Mar 2 Kari Rasmussen
Applying for the Educational Research and Scholarship Fund (ERSF)
Mar 23
Aleksandra Developing just-in-time-learning videos for undergraduate Popowich, analytical chemistry laboratories Michael Reid, Yanwen Lin, and Dr. Charles Lucy
April 27
Kari Rasmussen
How to get started in Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SOTL) practices
May 25
Tyler Verhaeghe and Michael Cenkner
iBook as a Medley of Educational Theory and Practice: Cognitive Apprenticeship Meets Instructional Design
June 22
Kari Rasmussen, M Koole, J Costello
Introduction to phenomenography
Sept 21
Kari Rasmussen
Threshold Concepts: Investigating the transformation experiences of our students, faculty and clients
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2018
2019
Oct 19
Hollis Lai
Electronic Portfolios
Nov 15
Kari Rasmussen
Blended Learning: the integration of technology in your class and the multiple strategies at your fingertips
Dec 14
Dwight Harley
Diogenes and the search for minimal competence
Jan 18
Cheryl Poth
Guest Speaker: Exploring the possibilities and challenges of mixed methods research
Feb 15
Kim Kordov
Ethics 101
Apr 19
Camila Pereira
Blended Learning (SDERF)
Sept 27
Arnaldo Perez, Sharon Compton, Jacqueline Green
School of Dentistry Education Research Fund (SDERF)
Nov 22
Hollis Lai, Arnaldo Perez
Methodological rigor in quantitative and qualitative research. What it is and why it matters
Jan 17
Arnaldo Perez
Qualitative Research
Feb 14
Hollis Lai Arnaldo Perez
Methodological rigor in quantitative and qualitative research. What it is and why it matters
April 25
Hollis Lai Minn Yoon
Development of an image classification learning tool
June 8
Hollis Lai Gisele GaudetAmigo Colleen Starchuk
A strategic approach to Active Learning : A hands on lunchand-learn
Sept 26
Hollis Lai
Artificial Intelligence in Automatic Item Generation
Oct 24
Silvia GianoniCapenakas
Effectiveness and perceptions of flipped learning model in dental education: A systematic review
Nov 20
Arnaldo Perez Anthea Senior
Approaches to Clinical Dental Education
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2020
Jan 21
Feb 27
Arnaldo Perez
How to analyze qualitative data: A few things you need to know
Steve Patterson David Kelnar
Reflection in the Dental Curriculum- the beginnings in Course 1 &2
Seema Ganatra Arnaldo Perez
Think-Pair-Share with Storytelling to Improve Clinical Learning in Dentistry and Medicine
Other Scholarly Work Within the Unit, other scholarly work is being undertaken including peer reviews of presentation submissions and manuscript submissions for national and international associations, placement on educational association boards, engaging in journal editorial activities, etc.
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