Strategies for evaluating Dentistry students’ clinical performance

• Main Author: Gonçalves, Patricia Valente Araújo Jacques
• Publication Date: 2016
• Other Authors: Pretti, Henrique, Teixeira, Karina I. R., Magalhães, Cláudia S., Moreira, Allyson Nogueira, Peixoto, Rogéli T. R. C.
• Format: Article
• Language: por
• Source: Revista Docência do Ensino Superior (Online)
• Download full: https://periodicos.ufmg.br/index.php/rdes/article/view/2130
• topic: Avaliação educacional; Educação em Odontologia; Autoavaliação; Estudantes; Competência clínica; Educational assessment; Dentistry education; Self-assessment; Students; Clinical competence

Evaluating the performance of dentistry students is essential to motivate learning. This article presents a review of the literature on the main clinical performance evaluation methods available. Based on that review, this work develops a method of clinical evaluation to be applied in the Faculty of Dentistry - UFMG. The Clinical Assessment Protocol (CAP) was developed considering OSCE (Objective Structured Clinical Examination) and SCOT (Structured Clinical Operative Test) methodologies. CAP’s purpose is to objectively assess students’ learning on topics related to medical history investigation, diagnosis, treatment planning, infection control, techniques, skills, communication and professionalism. Students’ self-assessment is also part of this protocol and may be interesting to identify their own weaknesses and strengths, motivating their learning process. CAP can be an alternative to conventional evaluation methods, reducing subjectivity and providing more reliability and equity to the evaluation process.