Abstract:
Objective To explore the effectiveness of clinic and research ability evaluation method in practice assessment of undergraduates majoring in stomatology.
Methods Undergraduates of Grade 2008 and Grade 2013 from Guanghua School of Stomatology, Sun Yat-sen University were enrolled in this study. The traditional clinical practice assessment was implemented among Grade 2008 students, while comprehensive evaluation method was implemented among Grade 2013 students. After clinical practice, both students and clinical teachers were asked to filling out a questionnaire, which would be used to evaluate and analyse effect of the two different assessment systems. Data were statistically analyzed with t-test of two independent samples using SPSS 20.0. The difference was considered statistically significant by P<0.05.
Results The satisfaction scores to their assessment systems of students in Grade 2008 and Grade 2013 were (7.52 ± 1.41) and (6.91 ± 2.04) , respectively, with no statistically significant difference (t = 1.974, P = 0.051) . Although there was no statistical difference in clinical ability associated self-score between the two groups (P>0.05) , the research ability associated self-score of Grade 2013 students were better than that of Grade 2008 (P<0.05) . Besides, more than 85% clinical teachers were satisfied with the new assessment program and thought it was more favorable to clinical and academic competence cultivation.
Conclusion Comprehensive evaluation method maintained clinical level among undergraduates and improved their ability in research.
Key words:
Dental students,
Education, Medicine, Undergraduate,
Clinical practise,
Educational measurement
Yiming Zhao, Zhengmei Lin, Ying Yan, Yangjingwen Liu, Jun Xie, Yingwen Lin, Yun Hong. Application of clinic and research ability evaluation method in clinical practice assessment of stomatological students[J]. Chinese Journal of Stomatological Research(Electronic Edition), 2020, 14(04): 252-256.