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The Adelaide undergraduates dental curriculum: an appraisal by recent graduates and final‐year students
Author(s) -
Smales R. J.
Publication year - 1977
Publication title -
australian dental journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.701
H-Index - 71
eISSN - 1834-7819
pISSN - 0045-0421
DOI - 10.1111/j.1834-7819.1977.tb04439.x
Subject(s) - curriculum , medical education , medicine , psychology , clinical practice , dentistry , family medicine , pedagogy
A bstract — Eighty‐eight recent graduates and thirty final‐year students replied to a questionnaire on the effectiveness of the present Adelaide undergraduate curriculum in relation to general dental practice. A high proportion of the first‐year graduates had some difficulties in various aspects of practice management. Some first‐year graduates and students lacked confidence in managing interpersonal relationships. Students especially, but also some graduates, were not competent in several clinical skills. A number of graduates and students were unhappy with the present place and purposes of the pre‐clinical science subjects.