The skills of the parrot?
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.
Pairman
J S
JS
Department of adult dental care, Glasgow Dental Hospital and School.
D004497:Education, Dental / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D018794:Problem-Based Learning; D006113:United Kingdom