Quantity and quality of dental student
clinical performance in Pediatric Dentistry
Clinic: comparison after one and 15 years
of modification in education and
assessment system
Authors :
- Chutima Triratvorakul D.D.S., M.S.
- Meenamas Srivilai
- Vilumpa Chattanakul
Abstract :
Objective To compare the quantity and quality of pediatric dentistry clinical performance of 6th year
Chulalongkorn University dental students after the changes in the education and assessment system
for one year and fifteen years.
Methods and materials Data were collected from daily requirement records of 62 pairs of 6th year
Chulalongkorn University dental students with similar GPAXs in 1986 and 2001. The information
was recorded in the data record form. Mann-Whitney U test and t-test were used to compare total
quantity and quality and also by types of works performed in both years, at 95% confidence level.
Results The mean quantity of weighted performance of 6th year students in 1986 was 128.83
credits, while in 2001 was 144.44 credits. There was a significant difference between the two groups
(p < .05). The mean quality of clinical performance in 1986 was 84.63, while in 2001 was 81.35.
The difference between the two groups was statistically significant (p < .05).
Conclusion After using new requirement system for 15 years, the mean quantity of student
performance in 2001 was increased while the quality was decreased, but still on the same ranking.
This may be due to modification in the grading system.
(CU Dent J. 2007;30:303-12)
Keywords :
assessment; clinical performance; quality; quantity
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