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- Title
Agreement Among Dental Students, Peer Assessors, and Tutor in Assessing Students' Competence in Preclinical Skills.
- Authors
Foley, Jennifer I.; Richardson, Gillian L.; Drummie, Joyce
- Abstract
The aim of this study was to determine the level of agreement regarding assessments of competence among dental students, their student peers, and their clinical skills tutors in a preclinical skills program. In 2012-13 at the University of Edinburgh, second-year dental students learned to perform the following seven cavity preparations/restorations on primary and permanent Frasaco teeth: single-surface adhesive occlusal cavity; single-surface adhesive interproximal cavity; single-surface adhesive labial cavity; multi-surface adhesive cavity; multi-surface amalgam cavity; pre-formed metal crown preparation; and composite resin buildup of a fractured maxillary central incisor tooth. Each student, a randomly allocated student peer, and the clinical skills tutor used standardized descriptors to assign a competency grade to all the students' preparations/restorations. The grades were analyzed by chi-square analysis. Data were available for all 59 second-year students in the program. The results showed that both the students and their peers overestimated the students' competence compared to the tutor at the following levels: single-surface adhesive occlusal cavity (χ(2)=10.63, p=0.005); single-surface adhesive interproximal cavity (χ(2)=11.40, p=0.003); single-surface labial cavity (χ(2)=23.70, p=0.001); multi-surface adhesive cavity (χ(2)=12.56, p=0.002); multi-surface amalgam cavity (χ(2)=38.85, p=0.001); pre-formed metal crown preparation (χ(2)=40.41, p=0.001); and composite resin buildup (χ(2)=57.31, p=0.001). As expected, the lowest levels of agreement occurred on the most complicated procedures. These findings support the need for additional ways to help students better self-assess their work.
- Subjects
INCISORS; TOOTH fractures; CLINICAL competence; COMPARATIVE studies; DENTAL crowns; DECIDUOUS teeth; DENTAL amalgams; DENTAL casting; DENTAL materials; DENTAL resins; DENTAL students; DENTISTRY; DENTAL education; OPERATIVE dentistry; DENTAL fillings; HUMAN anatomical models; RESEARCH methodology; MEDICAL cooperation; RESEARCH; STATISTICAL sampling; SELF-evaluation; TEACHING; AFFINITY groups; EVALUATION research; WOUNDS &; injuries; THERAPEUTICS
- Publication
Journal of Dental Education, 2015, Vol 79, Issue 11, p1320
- ISSN
0022-0337
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1002/j.0022-0337.2015.79.11.tb06028.x