title: Evidence Regarding Teaching and Assessment of Record-Keeping Skills in Training of Dental Students.
abstract: The aim of this study was to assess the literature on teaching and assessing dental students' record-keeping skills prior to qualification to practice independently as a dentist. A systematic literature review was performed using Ovid MEDLINE and SCOPUS. Keywords used in the search included dental, record, audit, education, and assessment. Electronic search results were screened for publications that targeted undergraduate dental training, related to a record-keeping education intervention, and were published in English and available in full text. Six studies met the inclusion and exclusion criteria. Data extraction and quality assessment were performed, and research findings were compared across the included studies. These six articles addressed the techniques used to teach and assess record-keeping skills in a pre-qualification context. The techniques included supervisor audits, peer audits, lectures, tutorials, research assignments, case reports, record-keeping templates, and checklists of required record components. The use of record audit as part of teaching and evaluation dominated these articles; it was used as the assessment method in five of the six studies. All methods of record-keeping training in studies published to date were found effective in improving student record-keeping skills. However, there was insufficient evidence to determine whether certain methods were more effective than others.
authors.affiliation: Dr. Amos is Adjunct Lecturer, Department of Health Professional Education and Educational Research, Faculty of Medicine, Nursing, and Health Sciences, Monash University, Australia; Dr. Bearman is Associate Professor, Faculty of Medicine, Nursing, and Health Sciences, Monash University, Australia; and Dr. Palermo is Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Medicine, Nursing, and Health Sciences, Monash University, Australia.
authors.forename: Kate J
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Amos
authors.affiliation: Dr. Amos is Adjunct Lecturer, Department of Health Professional Education and Educational Research, Faculty of Medicine, Nursing, and Health Sciences, Monash University, Australia; Dr. Bearman is Associate Professor, Faculty of Medicine, Nursing, and Health Sciences, Monash University, Australia; and Dr. Palermo is Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Medicine, Nursing, and Health Sciences, Monash University, Australia. margaret.bearman@monash.edu.
authors.forename: Margaret
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bearman
authors.affiliation: Dr. Amos is Adjunct Lecturer, Department of Health Professional Education and Educational Research, Faculty of Medicine, Nursing, and Health Sciences, Monash University, Australia; Dr. Bearman is Associate Professor, Faculty of Medicine, Nursing, and Health Sciences, Monash University, Australia; and Dr. Palermo is Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Medicine, Nursing, and Health Sciences, Monash University, Australia.
authors.forename: Claire
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Palermo
mesh_terms: D057189:Checklist; D002983:Clinical Competence; D019230:Dental Audit; D003792:Dental Records; D004497:Education, Dental; D004521:Educational Measurement / Q000379:methods; D005568:Forms and Records Control; D006801:Humans; D013663:Teaching / Q000379:methods
keywords: dental education; record-keeping; teaching methods