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Final-Year Dental Students' Perceived Confidence: Competencies in General Dentistry
Navodika Yaparathna1, Iresha Udayamalee1, Megan Gray1
1School of Medicine and Dentistry, Griffith University, Southport, QLD 4215, Australia.
Dentistry Journal
|June 25, 2025
Summary
Final-year dental students report high confidence in professional competencies, with outplacement training significantly contributing to skill development. Both in-house and outplacement experiences equally enhance dental graduate competency.
Area of Science:
- Dental Education
- Professional Competencies
- Clinical Training
Background:
- High-quality patient care requires competency in newly qualified dentists.
- Dental curricula aim to equip graduates with essential skills.
- Outplacement training offers broader clinical experience in real-world settings.
Purpose of the Study:
- Assess final-year dental students' confidence in Australian Dental Council competencies.
- Examine the link between confidence and outplacement training timing.
- Understand students' views on outplacement's role in competency development.
Main Methods:
- Cross-sectional study using two online surveys.
- Survey 1 assessed confidence against ADC competencies (communication, critical thinking, health promotion, knowledge, person-centred care).
- Survey 2 evaluated perceptions of outplacement training's impact on competency.
Main Results:
- Students reported high perceived competency across all assessed domains.
- Prior tertiary education correlated with higher confidence in specific areas.
- Confidence levels showed no significant association with outplacement location or sequence.
- Guidance and feedback from supervisors during outplacement were key to confidence building.
Conclusions:
- Final-year dental students express satisfactory perceived confidence in professional competencies.
- Both in-house and outplacement training are equally effective in developing dental graduate competency.
- Outplacement training is viewed as a valuable component of skill development for dental students.
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