Nicolas E, Baptiste M, Roger-Leroi V
CHRU de Clermont-Ferrand, France.
Eur J Dent Educ. 2009 May;13(2):93-9. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0579.2008.00547.x.
Last-year students and young graduates of the Clermont-Ferrand dental school (France) assessed their professional skills in order to shed light on those which are perfectly mastered and those which are not, with the aim of improving the undergraduate training given by the school.
A questionnaire was handed out to students in their last two years and to young graduates (n = 170). They were asked to appraise their self-assessed level concerning 52 skills using a 0-10 visual analogue scale. The respondents also had to highlight the five skills which, according to them, needed to be improved during the programme.
Thirteen skills obtained a score lower than 5/10 showing a need of more thorough training, notably in the fields of implantology, paradontal surgery, temporomandibular joint disorders and dental practice financial management. Among these, five skills were found that demand in depth acquisition according to respondents. However, these five skills are not necessarily the ones which obtained the lowest scores.
Our school needs to improve the quality of its training, notably by reorganising some of its courses and by intensifying student' training in outreach programmes, particularly in private practice, where skills like the financial management of a dental practice could be more easily acquired than in a hospital environment.
法国克莱蒙费朗牙科学院的最后一年学生和年轻毕业生对他们的专业技能进行了评估，以明确哪些技能已完全掌握，哪些技能还未掌握，目的是改进该学院的本科培训。
向最后两年的学生和年轻毕业生（n = 170）发放了一份问卷。要求他们使用0至10的视觉模拟量表对52项技能的自我评估水平进行评价。受访者还必须指出他们认为在课程中需要改进的五项技能。
13项技能的得分低于5/10，表明需要更全面的培训，特别是在种植牙学、牙周手术、颞下颌关节紊乱和牙科实践财务管理等领域。其中，受访者发现有五项技能需要深入学习。然而，这五项技能不一定是得分最低的技能。
我们学校需要提高其培训质量，特别是通过重新组织一些课程，并加强学生在推广项目中的培训，特别是在私人诊所，在那里牙科实践财务管理等技能比在医院环境中更容易获得。
