title: Clinical evaluation in prosthodontics: practical methods to improve validity and reliability at the undergraduate level.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Dentistry, Dalhousie University, Halifax, N.S., Canada.
authors.forename: J D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Gerrow
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Boyd
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Doyle
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Scott
mesh_terms: D002983:Clinical Competence; D004497:Education, Dental / Q000592:standards*; D004521:Educational Measurement / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D011476:Prosthodontics / Q000193:education*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results