Dental Students' Self-Assessment of Preclinical Examinations
SMC Affiliated Work
1
Status
Faculty
School
School of Economics and Business Administration
Department
Business Analytics
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
3-2008
Publication / Conference / Sponsorship
Journal of Dental Education
Description/Abstract
Accurate self-assessment is an important attribute for practicing dentists and, therefore, an important skill to develop in dental students. Our purpose was to examine the relationship between faculty and student assessments of preclinical prosthodontic procedures. Seventy-six second-year students completed two consecutive examinations and two self-assessments. The examinations involved setting maxillary denture teeth on a model to simulate the clinical procedure of a complete maxillary denture. Results indicated no significant increases in examination or student self-assessment mean scores; however, regression analysis indicated changes in student self-assessment scores explained 16.3 percent of the variation in examination scores. In essence, improvement in student self-assessment predicted improvement in examination scores among dental students completing a preclinical dental procedure.
Keywords
self-assessment, student evaluation, self-directed learning
Scholarly
yes
Volume
72
Issue
3
First Page
265
Last Page
277
Disciplines
Business | Business Analytics | Economics
Original Citation
Lind, S. (2008). Dental Students' Self-Assessment of Preclinical Examinations. Journal of Dental Education
Repository Citation
Curtis, Donald; Lind, Samuel; Dellinges, Mark; Setia, Gaurav; and Finzen, Frederick. Dental Students' Self-Assessment of Preclinical Examinations (2008). Journal of Dental Education. 72 (3), 265-277. [article]. https://digitalcommons.stmarys-ca.edu/school-economics-business-faculty-works/483
