Predictive validity of critical thinking skills for initial clinical dental hygiene performance

Journal of Dental Education

Volumn 67, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1180-1192

  Williams, Karen B ^a   Glasnapp, Douglas R ^b   Tilliss, Terri S I ^c   Osborn, Joy ^d   Wilkins, Kris ^e   Mitchell, Shannon ^f   Kershbaum, Wendy ^g   Schmidt, Colleen ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY SCHOOL OF DENTISTRY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^e LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^h Dental Hygiene Education   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALIFORNIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COLLEGE; CONTENT VALIDITY; CONVENIENCE SAMPLE; CRITICAL THINKING; DENTAL EDUCATION; DENTAL HYGIENE STUDENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; SKILL; ARTICLE; DENTAL ASSISTANT; EDUCATION; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PROBLEM SOLVING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STANDARD; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; VALIDATION STUDY;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DENTAL HYGIENISTS; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; HUMANS; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROBLEM SOLVING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0642282334     PISSN: 00220337     EISSN: 19307837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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