Improving clinical assessment: Evaluating students' ability to identify and apply clinical criteria

European Journal of Dental Education

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 136-144

  Redwood, C ^a   Winning, T ^a   Lekkas, D ^a   Townsend, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Assessment criteria and standards; Clinical self assessment; Evaluation; Peer assessment; Professional attributes; Self assessment

Indexed keywords

FISSURE SEALANT;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DENTAL EDUCATION; DENTAL EQUIPMENT; DENTAL STUDENT; EDUCATION; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INFECTION CONTROL; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LEARNING; METHODOLOGY; PEER GROUP; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF CONCEPT; SELF EVALUATION; STANDARD; TEACHING; VIDEORECORDING; COFFERDAM; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; STANDARDS;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNICATION; EDUCATION, DENTAL; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FEEDBACK; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL, DENTAL; LEARNING; PEER GROUP; PIT AND FISSURE SEALANTS; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; RUBBER DAMS; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SELF CONCEPT; STUDENTS, DENTAL; TEACHING; VIDEO RECORDING; SELF-ASSESSMENT;

EID: 77955142352     PISSN: 13965883     EISSN: 16000579     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0579.2009.00606.x     Document Type: Article

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