title: The skills of the parrot?
abstract: The talking parrot can be given information by voice and then reproduce that information verbatim, without necessarily understanding it. I submit that the teaching, assessment and examination of dental students requires little more of them than the skills of the parrot.
authors.affiliation: Department of adult dental care, Glasgow Dental Hospital and School.
authors.forename: J S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Pairman
mesh_terms: D004497:Education, Dental / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D018794:Problem-Based Learning; D006113:United Kingdom