Agreement Among Dental Students, Peer Assessors, and Tutor in Assessing Students’ Competence in Preclinical Skills

Journal of Dental Education

Volumn 79, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 1320-1324

  Foley, Jennifer I ^a   Richardson, Gillian L ^b   Drummie, Joyce ^c  

^a EDINBURGH DENTAL INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b GLASGOW DENTAL HOSPITAL AND SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

clinical competence; clinical skills; dental education; restorative dentistry; self assessment

Indexed keywords

AMALGAM; DENTAL MATERIAL; RESIN;

AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DECIDUOUS TOOTH; DENTAL EDUCATION; DENTAL PROCEDURE; DENTAL STUDENT; DENTAL SURGERY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCISOR; INJURIES; MALE; PATHOLOGY; PEER GROUP; PROCEDURES; RANDOMIZATION; SELF EVALUATION; TEACHING; TOOTH CROWN; TOOTH FRACTURES;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPOSITE RESINS; CROWNS; DENTAL AMALGAM; DENTAL CAVITY PREPARATION; DENTAL MATERIALS; DENTAL MODELS; DENTAL RESTORATION, PERMANENT; DENTISTRY, OPERATIVE; EDUCATION, DENTAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCISOR; MALE; MANIKINS; PEER GROUP; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SELF-ASSESSMENT; STUDENTS, DENTAL; TEACHING; TOOTH FRACTURES; TOOTH PREPARATION, PROSTHODONTIC; TOOTH, DECIDUOUS;

EID: 84947068702     PISSN: 00220337     EISSN: 19307837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.0022-0337.2015.79.11.tb06028.x     Document Type: Article

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