Student productivity in a comprehensive care program without numeric requirements

D C Holmes; R M Trombly; L T Garcia; R L Kluender; C R Keith

doi:10.1002/j.0022-0337.2000.64.11.tb03378.x

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Student productivity in a comprehensive care program without numeric requirements

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Student productivity in a comprehensive care program without numeric requirements

D C Holmes, R M Trombly, L T Garcia, R L Kluender and C R Keith

Journal of dental education, Vol.64(11), pp.745-754

11/2000

DOI: 10.1002/j.0022-0337.2000.64.11.tb03378.x

PMID: 11191876

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Abstract

As the dental students of the Class of 2000 entered the Comprehensive Care Clinic at the University of Colorado School of Dentistry in the spring of their second year (spring of 1998), a different, competency-based set of clinical expectations was communicated to them. These students were presented a list of "Recommended Core Experiences" and told that the "requirements" for completion of the Comprehensive Care Program were 1) successful performance on all departmental competency examinations, and 2) timely completion of the comprehensive dental treatment appropriate to each assigned patient. This study examined the number of procedures completed during the six semesters in the Comprehensive Care Clinic for the Class of 2000, as compared to the clinical activity for the Class of 1999 during the same stage of their career. The overall mean number of clinical procedures performed per student was 7 percent greater for the students in the Class of 2000 than for those in the Class of 1999. These results suggest that numerical requirements are not necessary to ensure dental student productivity and that, in fact, students can complete more clinical procedures in a comprehensive care clinical environment without numerical requirements.

Humans

Competency-Based Education - economics

Comprehensive Dental Care - economics

Competency-Based Education - methods

Dental Clinics - economics

Financial Management, Hospital

Students, Dental

Efficiency

Colorado

Curriculum

Clinical Competence - standards

Education, Dental - economics

Education, Dental - methods

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Title: Subtitle: Student productivity in a comprehensive care program without numeric requirements
Creators: D C Holmes - Department of Restorative Dentistry, University of Colorado School of Dentistry, Denver 80262, USA. David.Holmes@uchsc.edu
R M Trombly
L T Garcia
R L Kluender
C R Keith
Resource Type: Journal article
Publication Details: Journal of dental education, Vol.64(11), pp.745-754
Publisher: United States
DOI: 10.1002/j.0022-0337.2000.64.11.tb03378.x
PMID: 11191876
ISSN: 0022-0337
eISSN: 1930-7837
Language: English
Date published: 11/2000
Academic Unit: Dentistry Administration; Prosthodontics; Family Dentistry
Record Identifier: 9984066081802771

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