title: Invited commentary: Issues with assessing competence in undergraduate dental education.
abstract: Competence of practising dentists is an issue that is being addressed in both the undergraduate and postgraduate environment in dental education. The Association of Dental Education in Europe has opened the debate further with guidelines for qualifying dentists in Europe. This puts further pressure on dental schools to produce graduates who are transparently competent. This invited commentary examines the differing concepts of competence and how they might be assessed in the undergraduate dental curriculum.
authors.affiliation: School of Dental Sciences, Newcastle University, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK. u.j.moore@ncl.ac.uk
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Moore
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Durham
mesh_terms: D002983:Clinical Competence; D003479:Curriculum; D004497:Education, Dental / Q000592:standards*; D004521:Educational Measurement; D005060:Europe; D006801:Humans; D012953:Societies, Dental