Impact of the University of Colorado's Advanced Clinical Training and Service (ACTS) program on dental students' clinical experience and cognitive skills, 1994-2006

Journal of Dental Education

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 423-433

  Berg, Rob ^a   Call, Richard L ^a   Maguire, Kerry ^a   Berkey, Douglas B ^a   Karshmer, Bernard A ^a   Guyton, Brad ^a,b   Tawara Jones, Karen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b Sirona Dental Systems GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Community dental education; Community dentistry; Curriculum; Preceptorship; Program evaluation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COGNITION; CULTURAL COMPETENCE; CURRICULUM; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL EDUCATION; DENTAL SURGERY; ECONOMICS; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL MODEL; EVALUATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF EVALUATION; UNITED STATES;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COGNITION; COLORADO; COMMUNITY DENTISTRY; CULTURAL COMPETENCY; CURRICULUM; DENTISTRY, OPERATIVE; EDUCATION, DENTAL; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FACULTY, DENTAL; HUMANS; MODELS, EDUCATIONAL; PRECEPTORSHIP; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHOOLS, DENTAL; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); TRAINING SUPPORT;

EID: 77951645603     PISSN: 00220337     EISSN: 19307837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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