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J Dent Educ. 69(12): 1324-1331 2005
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Critical Issues in Dental Education

Clinical Competence of Graduates of Community-Based and Traditional Curricula

Jeanette E. DeCastro, M.Ed.; David Bolger, D.M.D.; Cecile A. Feldman, D.M.D., M.B.A.

Key words: community-based education, extramural programs, dental education, clinical competence

Submitted for publication 05/24/05; accepted 09/09/05

As community-based dental education programs proliferate, so do concerns about the quality of education at extramural sites. While there have been some comparisons of the effects of community-based programs on attitudes and perceptions of competency, there is virtually no information about whether such programs can train students to carry out standard dental procedures as well as if they were prepared in the dental school proper. To address this gap in our knowledge about the educational outcomes of community-based programs, the following performance measures were retrospectively compared for 457 students in traditional senior year curricula and fifty seniors in a community-based program: scores and pass/fail rates on the Northeastern Regional Boards (NERB), clinical production, passage of competencies, and on-time graduation rates. Students in the CODE (Community-Oriented Dental Education) program at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ)-New Jersey Dental School (NJDS) demonstrated significantly higher scores on the restorative section of the NERB, but this did not translate into a better overall pass rate. CODE students passed the same competencies as graduates of the traditional program, yet demonstrated appreciably higher clinical productivity and on-time graduation rates. The additional clinical experiences for the CODE students may be a factor in their higher board scores. Based on these data, it is concluded that community-based dental educational programs can be at least as effective as intramural (school-based) educational experiences in providing students with a sound clinical education.




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