Assignment/exercise
Dental Student Evaluation in the Predoctoral Comprehensive Care Clinic: I. Daily Feedback for Professional Development
MedEdPORTAL, Vol.9, 9473
07/09/2013
DOI: 10.15766/mep_2374-8265.9473
Abstract
Introduction: Assessment of students' learning should not only focus on whether the student has achieved the competencies necessary to advance, but should also guide learning, assisting learners throughout their educational experience in developing the knowledge, skills, attitudes, and values considered important at their stage of learning. This material was created to support daily faculty assessment of dental student performance in the predoctoral comprehensive care clinic. Methods: The resource consists of the instructor guide, a table of criteria for daily feedback for professional development, and the daily feedback for professional development form. Utilizing these criteria and this form, formative evaluation is recorded and communicated to the student as feedback following each clinic session. Evaluation of performance is focused on diagnosing student deficiencies, reinforcing strengths, planning strategies to address the educational diagnosis, and observing the outcome of the interventions. Results: The forms and protocols presented here have been in use in at The University of Iowa College of Dentistry's clinical program since 2007. They are reviewed and refined annually, and have proven to be effective in achieving our objectives. Discussion: We have found this protocol to be very effective in initiating and facilitating constructive formative dialog between clinical faculty and fourth-year dental students in our comprehensive care clinic. Reflection on these recordings has also been useful in supporting decisions on the quarterly and final evaluation of our fourth-year students in the Family Dentistry clinic.
Educational Objectives
By the end of this module, users will be able to:
1. Communicate expectations for dental students in regards to clinical performance.
2. Document and communicate daily assessment of dental student clinical performance.
3. Guide learning for the dental student using daily faculty feedback regarding student clinical performance.
4. Utilize daily documentation of dental student clinical performance to support quarterly (formative/summative) and final (evaluation).
5. Utilize well-designed forms to facilitate calibration of faculty to the assessment and communication protocols.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Dental Student Evaluation in the Predoctoral Comprehensive Care Clinic: I. Daily Feedback for Professional Development
- Creators
- Michael Spector - University of IowaCheryl L. Straub-Morarend - University of IowaDavid C. Johnsen - University of IowaDavid Charles Holmes - University of Iowa
- Resource Type
- Assignment/exercise
- Publication Details
- MedEdPORTAL, Vol.9, 9473
- DOI
- 10.15766/mep_2374-8265.9473
- ISSN
- 2374-8265
- eISSN
- 2374-8265
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 07/09/2013
- Academic Unit
- Pediatric Dentistry; Family Dentistry
- Record Identifier
- 9984367586802771
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