Professional Skills Evaluation in Dental Education

Authors

  • Laraib Qamar Avicenna Medical and Dental College
  • Maaz Ahmad Sharif College of Dentistry, Lahore.
  • Maria Khawaja Sharif College of Dentistry, Lahore.
  • H.M Owais Nasim CMH Lahore Medical College & Institute of Dentistry, Lahore.
  • Sadia Rana Sharif College of Dentistry, Lahore.
  • Zainab Javaid Sharif College of Dentistry, Lahore.
  • Amna Noor CMH Lahore Medical College & Institute of Dentistry, Lahore.

Keywords:

curriculum, dental students , evaluation, patient care, professional skills.

Abstract

Background: The objective of this study was to evaluate undergraduate dental student's perception about professional skills.

Methodology: This research used the dynamic mixed method. This study was completed in approximately one year. Total 208 participants were included through the purposive method. Thematic analysis was done for the qualitative analysis, and IBM SPSS version 26 software was used for the quantitative analysis. Themes and subthemes were generated through coding. A P-value of ≤0.05 was set for statistical significance. Frequencies of assessment of professional skills were calculated.

Results: Analysis shows that in 208 dental students’ responses, 63% agreed that their instructors taught them professional skills. However, when we considered the evaluation of professional skills, the responses were flip side. The overall frequency of students’ responses showed that there is less evaluation of the professional skills of undergraduate dental students. Themes and codes generated related to the evaluation of professional skills are factors that increase the performance of students, measures to improve professional skills, factors that improve the evaluation system, and factors that improve the development and evaluation of professional skills at the institutional level.

Conclusions: Teaching professional skills are part of the curriculum in the present era. Institutes are teaching professional skills while not evaluating these skills. There is a requirement for improvement in the evaluation system of professional skills of undergraduate dental students.

Author Biographies

  • Maaz Ahmad, Sharif College of Dentistry, Lahore.

    Demonstrator

    Oral Biology

    Sharif College of Dentistry, Lahore.

  • Maria Khawaja, Sharif College of Dentistry, Lahore.

    Dental Surgeon

    Sharif College of Dentistry, Lahore.

  • H.M Owais Nasim, CMH Lahore Medical College & Institute of Dentistry, Lahore.

    Assistant Professor

    Science of Dental Materials

    CMH Lahore Medical College & Institute of Dentistry, Lahore.

  • Sadia Rana , Sharif College of Dentistry, Lahore.

    Associate Professor

    Oral Biology

    Sharif College of Dentistry, Lahore.

  • Zainab Javaid, Sharif College of Dentistry, Lahore.

    Demonstrator

    Oral Biology

  • Amna Noor, CMH Lahore Medical College & Institute of Dentistry, Lahore.
    1. Demonstrator

    Biochemistry

    CMH Lahore Medical College & Institute of Dentistry, Lahore.

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Published

28-06-2024

How to Cite

1.
Qamar L, Ahmad MA, Khawaja MK, Nasim HON, Rana SR, Javaid ZJ, et al. Professional Skills Evaluation in Dental Education. JPPA [Internet]. 2024 Jun. 28 [cited 2025 Feb. 8];4(01):1-7. Available from: https://jppa.pk/jppa/article/view/45