Implementation of portfolio assessment of student competence in two dental school populations

Journal of Dental Education

Volumn 76, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1559-1571

  Gadbury Amyot, Cynthia C ^a   McCracken, Michael S ^b   Woldt, Janet L ^c   Brennan, Robert ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^c A T STILL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Competency; Competency based education; Critical thinking; Dental education; Educational methodology; Portfolio assessment; Problem solving; Self directed learning

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CURRICULUM; DENTAL EDUCATION; DOCUMENTATION; EDUCATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PROBLEM SOLVING; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SELF EVALUATION; STANDARD; TEACHER; TEACHING;

COMPETENCY-BASED EDUCATION; COMPUTER-ASSISTED INSTRUCTION; DOCUMENTATION; EDUCATION, DENTAL; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; HUMANS; MENTORS; PROBLEM SOLVING; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SCHOOLS, DENTAL; SELF-ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84871051847     PISSN: 00220337     EISSN: 19307837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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