2020
DOI: 10.1111/eje.12489
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Final year dental students' self‐assessed confidence in general dentistry

Abstract: Background: Self-assessment is an important introspective skill that dental professionals will utilise throughout their professional career. Its value lies in its ability to help individuals identify areas of strengths and weakness, and subsequently seek further development of professional skills where needed. The aim of this study was to investigate the correlation between self-assessed confidence and the assessment grade of final year dental students based on the professional attributes and competencies of n… Show more

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“…In the case of caries treatment, over 50% of them experienced a low level of stress, while 16.1% did not find the procedures stressful. Similar results on caries treatment have been obtained by Rajan et al, where high confidence was experienced by undergraduate students for caries management and preventive care, while the lowest confidence was reported for the management of oral medicine, pathologies, and dental emergencies [ 25 ].…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 79%
“…In the case of caries treatment, over 50% of them experienced a low level of stress, while 16.1% did not find the procedures stressful. Similar results on caries treatment have been obtained by Rajan et al, where high confidence was experienced by undergraduate students for caries management and preventive care, while the lowest confidence was reported for the management of oral medicine, pathologies, and dental emergencies [ 25 ].…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 79%
“…Furthermore, despite the general rising interest about student satisfaction, preparedness and support (Field et al 2017b), there has been a lack of investigation into student stress and the confidence regarding management of deep caries and pulp exposure in permanent teeth (Rajan et al 2020). A high level of student confidence was demonstrated in student's ability to manage carious tissue and to select treatment options based on the best available information; however, this work did not focus on deep carious lesions (Rajan et al 2020). One study assessed student confidence during VPT, with an average self-confidence score of around 4/5 (Tanalp et al 2013), whilst another highlighted that dental students consider the subject area of endodontics complicated and stressful, but without specifically investigating VPT (Davey et al 2015).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…2017b), there has been a lack of investigation into student stress and the confidence regarding management of deep caries and pulp exposure in permanent teeth (Rajan et al . 2020). A high level of student confidence was demonstrated in student’s ability to manage carious tissue and to select treatment options based on the best available information; however, this work did not focus on deep carious lesions (Rajan et al .…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…One study indicated that an increase in self‐confidence amongst dental students resulted in an improvement in clinical practice 4 . On the other hand, another study conducted on final‐year dental students showed only a weak correlation between self‐assessed confidence and clinical performance in exam settings 5 …”
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confidence: 99%