Students Performance in Oral Surgery Clinic, in Al- Mustansiriyah University, Iraq Student- and Patient-Based Assessment | ||
| Journal of Oral and Dental Research | ||
| Article 1, Volume 1, Issue 2, December 2014, Pages 4-9 | ||
| Author | ||
| Faaiz Alhamdani | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Introduction: In dental curriculum, assessment of student aims to ensure that they have acquired the necessary knowledge, clinical skills and problem solving abilities. Assessment does not only tests the student’s ability, it also indicates the effectiveness and appropriateness of teaching. Aim of the study: To evaluate students’ performance in oral surgery clinic from patients’ and students’ perspectives. Material and Methods: A cross-sectional study was employed including 5th class dental students in College of Dentistry, Mustansiriyah University. 50 out of 102 students were included for this study. Each student performed a single tooth extraction procedure. Before dental extraction a proper case sheet was filled with proper case history evaluation by one of the clinical supervisors. Each student was provided with student’s form and patient’s form. Student and patient were asked to answer the forms separately. The form consisted from 3 visual analogue scales (VAS) assessing the level of pain/ satisfaction toward the procedure for both patients and students. Statistical tests were done using IBM SPSS Statistics Ver. 20. The level of significance was measured at P value <0.05. Results: The number of included students was 50 students, and 50 patients 37 were males and 13 were females. High success of local anaesthesia as well as (minimum or no pain) level were reported in the majority of the cases. The overall agreement between patients’ and students’ perception toward the success of local anaesthesia was statistically significant p<0.05 (Pearson test). More than 70% of both patients and students found that the extraction process was easy. Pearson test showed highly significant relationship between students’ and patients’ evaluation of dental extraction procedure. Mann whitney U showed no significant difference between patients’ satisfaction and students’ satisfaction toward the success of overall management. Conclusion: High level of patients’ satisfaction and the agreement between patients and students evaluation toward the steps of dental extraction procedure in the selected sample group indicates high level of students’ performance. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Patient; based Evaluation; Student self; assessment; oral surgery; Dental school | ||
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