title: Undergraduate and postgraduate dental students' 'reflection on learning': a qualitative study.
abstract: The aim of this study was to explore undergraduate and postgraduate dental students' understanding of a good learning experience by using 'reflection on learning' as described by Schon. Four groups of Year 4 BDS students and one group of postgraduate students in dental public health took part in a series of focus group discussions. The responses were grouped into four broad themes (a) active, practical and positive learning; (b) interactive/together learning; (c) personal learning; (d) theory into practice. Six educational models of good learning proposed by the students are described.
authors.affiliation: Unit of Oral Health Services Research and Dental Public Health, GKT Dental Institute, Kings Campus, Denmark Hill, UK.
authors.forename: F A
authors.initials: FA
authors.lastname: Ashley
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Gibson
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Daly
authors.forename: S Lygo
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Baker
authors.forename: J T
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: Newton
mesh_terms: D001245:Association Learning; D001290:Attitude; D004497:Education, Dental; D004499:Education, Dental, Graduate; D005246:Feedback; D005260:Female; D017144:Focus Groups; D006126:Group Processes; D006801:Humans; D007858:Learning; D008297:Male; D017145:Models, Educational; D011214:Practice, Psychological; D018794:Problem-Based Learning / Q000379:methods; D011636:Public Health Dentistry / Q000193:education; D013335:Students, Dental / Q000523:psychology*; D013663:Teaching / Q000379:methods; D013850:Thinking; D014163:Transfer, Psychology