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HIV infection and its main oral manifestations

Reviewed:

Dec 27, 2024 by Health Sciences
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Ratings

Overall Rating: 4.8 stars
Content Quality: 5.0 stars
Effectiveness: 5.0 stars
Ease of Use: 4.5 stars
Overview:

This educational resource contains significant information regarding the most common oral manifestations, diagnosis and treatment concerning AIDS. Besides that, it will discuss the epidemiology, progression, and transmission of the infection by HIV, aiming to instruct health professionals to recognize HIV infection, its main oral manifestations, and dental management. In addition, this material approaches the differences between the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and the Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS), as well as the importance for health professionals to know the taboos and stigmas that follow the condition and the correct nomenclature for them.

Type of Material:

 

  • Open (Access) Virtual Lesson
Recommended Uses:

 

  • In-class
  • Individual learning
  • Self-paced
  • Flipped classroom experiences
  • Homework
Technical Requirements:

 

  • Internet access and web browser
Identify Major Learning Goals:

 

After active engagement with the OER infographic, the learner will:

  • Recognize the infection by HIV, its main oral manifestations, and dental management.
Target Student Population:

 

  • Graduate School
  • Professional
Prerequisite Knowledge or Skills:

 

  • Basic computer skills to navigate to web-based resource
  • General knowledge of pathophysiology would be useful but is not a requirement

Content Quality

Rating:
Strengths:

 

  • Source cites and references credible sources.
  • Includes additional resources.
  • The content is accurate.

 

Potential Effectiveness as a Teaching Tool

Rating:
Strengths:

 

  • The OER Infographic includes teaching/learning goals that are easy to identify.
  • The OER Infographic is interactive and promotes conceptual understanding.
  • The OER Infographic can be used in various teaching and learning situations.
  • There are multiple options for using the source.

 

Ease of Use for Both Students and Faculty

Rating:
Strengths:

 

  • The links are in working order.
  • The navigation is consistent.
  • Accessible headings and text are used. 
  • Images have alt text.
  • Good contrast of color background and text is present.
  • The font is easy to read.
Concerns:

The table of antiviral medications includes split cells, which will impact a screen reader.

Instructions on how to navigate the OER would help greatly improve the material.

For the information cards page, there are two arrows at the bottom of the page, but one arrow reroutes and the other arrow takes a while to figure out. There is a page with seven cards the user is to click on to learn more information and then return to the previous page with the cards. This process is a bit clunky. Just a short text prompt to help with navigation would improve navigation clarity. 

 
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