Adequacy of Patient Pools to Support Predoctoral Students’ Achievement of Competence in Pediatric Dentistry in U.S. Dental Schools

Journal of Dental Education

Volumn 79, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 644-652

  Casamassimo, Paul S ^a   Seale, N Sue ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF DENTISTRY   (United States)

Author keywords

clinical education; community based dental education; competence; dental education; dental school clinics; pediatric dentistry

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EDUCATION; COMPETITION; DENTAL EDUCATION; DENTAL PATIENT; DENTAL STUDENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; SKILL; BEHAVIOR CONTROL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL CLINIC; DENTAL PROCEDURE; DENTAL SURGERY; DENTISTRY; ECONOMICS; EDUCATION; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CENTER; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT; REIMBURSEMENT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TOOTH RADIOGRAPHY; UNITED STATES;

FISSURE SEALANT;

BEHAVIOR CONTROL; CHILD; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS; DENTAL CARE FOR CHILDREN; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL CLINICS; DENTAL RESTORATION, PERMANENT; EDUCATION, DENTAL; FACULTY, DENTAL; GENERAL PRACTICE, DENTAL; HUMANS; PATIENTS; PEDIATRIC DENTISTRY; PIT AND FISSURE SEALANTS; PRECEPTORSHIP; RADIOGRAPHY, DENTAL; REIMBURSEMENT MECHANISMS; SCHOOLS, DENTAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84938885162     PISSN: 00220337     EISSN: 19307837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.0022-0337.2015.79.6.tb05936.x     Document Type: Article

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