Graduates' perceived preparedness for dental practice from PBL and traditional curricula

Journal of Dental Education

Volumn 75, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1270-1279

  Yiu, Cynthia K Y ^a   McGrath, Colman ^a   Bridges, Susan ^a   Corbet, Esmonde F ^a   Botelho, Michael ^a   Dyson, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Competency; Dental curriculum; Dental education; Dental graduates; Hong Kong; Problem based learning

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CURRICULUM; DENTAL EDUCATION; DENTAL STUDENT; EDUCATION; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HONG KONG; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PROBLEM BASED LEARNING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, DENTAL; HONG KONG; HUMANS; PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF EFFICACY; SELF-EVALUATION PROGRAMS; STUDENTS, DENTAL;

EID: 80052514041     PISSN: 00220337     EISSN: 19307837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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