title: Assessment formats in dental medicine: An overview.
abstract: At the annual meeting of German dentists in Frankfurt am Main in 2013, the Working Group for the Advancement of Dental Education (AKWLZ) initiated an interdisciplinary working group to address assessments in dental education. This paper presents an overview of the current work being done by this working group, some of whose members are also actively involved in the German Association for Medical Education's (GMA) working group for dental education. The aim is to present a summary of the current state of research on this topic for all those who participate in the design, administration and evaluation of university-specific assessments in dentistry.
  
  
  
  Based on systematic literature research, the testing scenarios listed in the National Competency-based Catalogue of Learning Objectives (NKLZ) have been compiled and presented in tables according to assessment value.
  
  
  
  Different assessment scenarios are described briefly in table form addressing validity (V), reliability (R), acceptance (A), cost (C), feasibility (F), and the influence on teaching and learning (EI) as presented in the current literature. Infoboxes were deliberately chosen to allow readers quick access to the information and to facilitate comparisons between the various assessment formats. Following each description is a list summarizing the uses in dental and medical education.
  
  
  
  This overview provides a summary of competency-based testing formats. It is meant to have a formative effect on dental and medical schools and provide support for developing workplace-based strategies in dental education for learning, teaching and testing in the future.
authors: Goethe-Universität, Carolinum Zahnärztliches Universitäts-Institut gGmbH, Poliklinik Zahnerhaltungskunde, Frankfurt am Main, Deutschland.
authors: Susanne
authors: S
authors: Gerhard-Szep
authors: Marquette University School of Dentistry, Department of Surgical Sciences, Milwaukee, USA und Universitätsklinikum Jena, Zentrum für Zahn-, Mund- und Kieferheilkunde, Jena, Deutschland.
authors: Arndt
authors: A
authors: Güntsch
authors: Universität Würzburg, Poliklinik für Zahnärztliche Prothetik, Würzburg, Deutschland.
authors: Peter
authors: P
authors: Pospiech
authors: Universitätsmedizin Greifswald, Poliklinik für Zahnärztliche Prothetik, Alterszahnheilkunde und medizinischer Werkstoffkunde, Greifswald, Deutschland.
authors: Andreas
authors: A
authors: Söhnel
authors: Universitätsklinikum Münster, Poliklinik für Prothetische Zahnmedizin & Biomaterialien, Münster, Deutschland.
authors: Petra
authors: P
authors: Scheutzel
authors: Universitätsmedizin Göttingen, Poliklinik für Zahnärztliche Prothetik, Göttingen, Deutschland.
authors: Torsten
authors: T
authors: Wassmann
authors: Goethe-Universität, Carolinum Zahnärztliches Universitäts-Institut gGmbH, Poliklinik für Zahnärztliche Prothetik, Frankfurt am Main, Deutschland.
authors: Tugba
authors: T
authors: Zahn
mesh_terms: D003815:Dentists; D004497:Education, Dental; D004501:Education, Medical; D006801:Humans; D007858:Learning; D015203:Reproducibility of Results