The undergraduate preparation of dentists: Confidence levels of final year dental students at the School of Dentistry in Cardiff

British Dental Journal

Volumn 221, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 349-354

  Gilmour, A S M ^a   Welply, A ^a   Cowpe, J G ^a   Bullock, A D ^a   Jones, R J ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DENTAL EDUCATION; DENTAL STUDENT; DENTIST; DENTISTRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE;

ADULT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DENTISTRY; DENTISTS; EDUCATION, DENTAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; STUDENTS, DENTAL;

EID: 84988837603     PISSN: 00070610     EISSN: 17417503     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bdj.2016.686     Document Type: Article

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