Ready for practice? A study of confidence levels of final year dental students at Cardiff University and University College Cork

European Journal of Dental Education

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 98-103

  Honey, J ^a   Lynch, C D ^a   Burke, F M ^b   Gilmour, A S M ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Confidence; Dental education; Dental students; Oral surgery; Restorative dentistry

Indexed keywords

FISSURE SEALANT;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL EQUIPMENT; DENTAL STUDENT; DENTAL SURGERY; DENTURE; ENDODONTICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRELAND; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MOUTH HYGIENE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PREVENTIVE DENTISTRY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF CONCEPT; SEX DIFFERENCE; TOOTH CROWN; TOOTH EXTRACTION; UNITED KINGDOM;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CROWNS; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL PROPHYLAXIS; DENTAL RESTORATION, PERMANENT; DENTAL SCALING; DENTURES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; IRELAND; MALE; ORAL HYGIENE; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PIT AND FISSURE SEALANTS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PULPOTOMY; RUBBER DAMS; SELF CONCEPT; SEX FACTORS; STUDENTS, DENTAL; TOOTH BLEACHING; TOOTH EXTRACTION; WALES;

EID: 79954597297     PISSN: 13965883     EISSN: 16000579     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0579.2010.00646.x     Document Type: Article

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