Journal of Disability and Oral Health

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Cover Date:
August 2007
Print ISSN:
1470-8558
Electronic ISSN:
1754-2758
Vol:
8
Issue:
2

Student evaluation of clinical outreach teaching in Community Special Care Dentistry

Aim: To describe the content of an outreach teaching programme in Community Special Care Dentistry (CSCD) and assess the students’ feedback. Design and subjects: The content and operational arrangements of the outreach programme are described. A random sample of 120 student evaluation sheets from a three-year period was analysed for recurring comments. Information collected on student attendance and number and type of patients seen were also reviewed. Results: A high atttendance rate was noted throughout the three-year period. An average number of six patients was seen by each pair of students, per day. The percentage of special care patients as opposed to vulnerable (high caries) groups increased each year. The majority (81%) of student evaluation forms had positive comments only, with the most commonly recurring items being the tutors’ skills, the chance to get an insight into CSCD and the range of patients treated. Conclusion: The programme has been both well attended and received by students. There are inevitably, limitations on extrapolating this information, based as it is, on students’ perceptions.

Article Price
£15.00
Institution Article Price
£15.00
Page Start
86
Page End
90
Authors
Stephen Dunne, Yogesh Tanna, Theodore Papadakis, L Zoitopoulos

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