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J Dent Educ. 72(3): 265-277 2008
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Educational Methodologies

Dental Students’ Self-Assessment of Preclinical Examinations

Donald A. Curtis, D.M.D.; Samuel L. Lind, Ph.D.; Mark Dellinges, D.D.S.; Gaurav Setia, D.D.S.; Frederick C. Finzen, D.D.S.

Key words: self-assessment, student evaluation, self-directed learning

Submitted for publication 07/30/07; accepted 11/20/07

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.






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