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Differences in clinical grading associated with instructor status.

R D Park1, S M Susarla, T H Howell

  • 1Office of Education, Harvard School of Dental Medicine, 188 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA.

European Journal of Dental Education : Official Journal of the Association for Dental Education in Europe
|February 7, 2009
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Instructor status impacts pre-doctoral student clinical evaluations. Faculty status was linked to treatment scores in restorative and periodontal procedures, with differences observed between full-time and part-time faculty grading. Further research is recommended.

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Area of Science:

  • Dental Education
  • Clinical Assessment
  • Faculty Impact

Background:

  • Assessing pre-doctoral students' clinical performance is crucial for dental education.
  • Understanding factors influencing these evaluations, such as instructor status, can improve assessment consistency.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the association between instructor (faculty) status and clinical evaluation grades for pre-doctoral dental students.
  • To test the hypothesis that instructor status does not influence clinical evaluation outcomes.

Main Methods:

  • Retrospective analysis of clinical evaluations for Class II amalgams, Class III composites, and periodontal scaling and root planing.
  • Utilized rank scales for grading and computed descriptive and bivariate statistics.
  • Employed multiple linear regression to assess the combined effects of predictors on clinical evaluations.

Main Results:

  • Faculty status showed a significant association with treatment averages across all three evaluated procedures.
  • Full-time faculty provided higher grades for restorative procedures (amalgams, composites).
  • Part-time faculty provided higher grades for periodontal procedures.

Conclusions:

  • Instructor status is demonstrably associated with clinical evaluation scores in pre-doctoral dental training.
  • Specific grading patterns emerged: full-time faculty favored restorative procedures, while part-time faculty favored periodontal procedures.
  • Additional research is necessary to understand the underlying reasons for these observed grading differences.