Clinical evaluation in prosthodontics: practical methods to improve validity and reliability at the undergraduate level.
The potential causes of reliability and validity problems with traditional methods of evaluating a student's clinical prosthodontic skills are reviewed. Practical methods of evaluating critical skills in a reliable and valid way are presented. These methods include clinical tests using written criteria and anonymous examiners, skills assessment by faculty members, patient-based written examinations, and bell ringer examinations.
Gerrow
J D
JD
Faculty of Dentistry, Dalhousie University, Halifax, N.S., Canada.
Boyd
M A
MA
Doyle
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Scott
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D002983:Clinical Competence; D004497:Education, Dental / Q000592:standards*; D004521:Educational Measurement / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D011476:Prosthodontics / Q000193:education*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results