Self-perceived competency at graduation: A comparison of dental graduates from the Adelaide PBL curriculum and the Toronto traditional curriculum

European Journal of Dental Education

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 153-158

  Greenwood, L Frances ^a   Townsend, Grant C ^b   Wetherel, John D ^b   Mullins, Gerry A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Curriculum development; Dental education; Mmpetency; Problem based learning

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CANADA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENTAL EDUCATION; EDUCATION; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PROBLEM BASED LEARNING;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION, DENTAL; HUMANS; ONTARIO; PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING; SELF-EVALUATION PROGRAMS; SOUTH AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0033223004     PISSN: 13965883     EISSN: 16000579     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0579.1999.tb00085.x     Document Type: Article

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