Oral Health Prev Dent. 2024 Feb 20;22:115-122. doi: 10.3290/j.ohpd.b4997035.
Dental students learn knowledge and practical skills to provide oral health care to the population. Practical skills must be maintained or continuously developed throughout a professional career. This cross-sectional survey aimed to evaluate the perception of practical skills of dental students and dental-school graduates by national dental associations (NDAs) in international comparison in the European Regional Organization of the FDI World Dental Federation (ERO-FDI) zone.
A questionnaire of 14 items collected information on pre-/postgraduate areas.
A total of 25 countries participated (response rate: 69.4%), with 80.0% having minimum requirements for practical skills acquisition and 64.0% starting practical training in the 3rd year of study. In countries where clinical practical work on patients begins in the 2nd year of study, practical skills of graduates are perceived as average, starting in the 3rd year of study as mainly good, starting in the 4th as varying widely from poor to very good. In total, 76.0% of respondents feel that improvements are needed before entering dental practice. Improvements could be reached by treating more patients in dental school (32.0%), increasing the quantity of clinical training (20.0%), or having more clinical instructors (12.0%). In 56.0% of the countries, it is possible to open one's own dental practice immediately after graduation, and in 16.0%, prior vocational training is mandatory.
All participating countries in the ERO-FDI zone reported practical training in dental school, most starting in the 3rd year of study. The perception of practical skills of dental students and dental-school graduates among NDAs is very heterogeneous. Reasons for the perceived deficiencies should be further explored.
牙科学生学习知识和实践技能，为人群提供口腔保健。实践技能必须在整个职业生涯中保持或不断发展。本横断面调查旨在评估 FDI 世界牙科联盟欧洲区域组织（ERO-FDI）国家牙科协会（NDA）对牙科学生和牙科学校毕业生实践技能的国际比较感知。
一份包含 14 个项目的问卷收集了研究生前/后的领域信息。
共有 25 个国家参与（回复率：69.4%），其中 80.0%对实践技能的获取有最低要求，64.0%从第 3 年开始进行实践培训。在临床实践工作从第 2 年开始的国家，毕业生的实践技能被认为是平均水平，从第 3 年开始主要是良好，从第 4 年开始从差到非常好的差异很大。总的来说，76.0%的受访者认为在进入牙科实践之前需要改进。在牙科学校治疗更多的患者（32.0%）、增加临床培训的数量（20.0%）或增加更多的临床讲师（12.0%）可以达到改进的目的。在 56.0%的国家，毕业后可以立即开设自己的牙科诊所，在 16.0%的国家，职业前培训是强制性的。
ERO-FDI 区域的所有参与国家都报告了牙科学校的实践培训，大多数从第 3 年开始。NDA 对牙科学生和牙科学校毕业生实践技能的感知非常不一致。应该进一步探讨感知到的不足之处的原因。
