title: Dental students' self-assessment of preclinical examinations.
abstract: Accurate self-assessment is an important attribute for practicing dentists and, therefore, an important skill to develop in dental students. Our purpose was to examine the relationship between faculty and student assessments of preclinical prosthodontic procedures. Seventy-six second-year students completed two consecutive examinations and two self-assessments. The examinations involved setting maxillary denture teeth on a model to simulate the clinical procedure of a complete maxillary denture. Results indicated no significant increases in examination or student self-assessment mean scores; however, regression analysis indicated changes in student self-assessment scores explained 16.3 percent of the variation in examination scores. In essence, improvement in student self-assessment predicted improvement in examination scores among dental students completing a preclinical dental procedure.
authors.affiliation: Department of Preventive and Restorative Dental Sciences, D-3212, School of Dentistry, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143-0758, USA. Don.Curtis@ucsf.edu
authors.forename: Donald A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Curtis
authors.forename: Samuel L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Lind
authors.forename: Mark
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Dellinges
authors.forename: Gaurav
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Setia
authors.forename: Frederick C
authors.initials: FC
authors.lastname: Finzen
mesh_terms: D004497:Education, Dental / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009048:Motor Skills; D011476:Prosthodontics / Q000193:education*; D012044:Regression Analysis; D012647:Self-Assessment; D012655:Self-Evaluation Programs; D013335:Students, Dental / Q000523:psychology*