Although dental education has traditionally been organized into basic sciences education
(first and second years) and clinical education (third and fourth years), there has been …

Purpose To characterize methods, timing, faculty training, and barriers pertaining to
curricular integration in preparation for the Integrated National Board Dental Examination …

Changes in the national examination structures have renewed interest in the development of
test-taking strategies for professional students in the health sciences. It is often assumed that …

We studied how students in a Doctor of Dental Surgery (DDS) program perceived the
importance of critical thinking and the extent to which critical thinking was perceived to be …

OBJECTIVES This study aimed to evaluate the impact of formative assessment with case-
based constructed-response question (CRQ) formats on student performance on the final …

Abstract Purpose/objective The Commission on Dental Accreditation (CODA) standard 2‐19
states that dental programs must assess graduates' ability to function successfully as leaders …

Introduction Our study investigates early experiential learning as a method of curricular
integration by allowing students to begin their clinical experience in the first year of the …

Despite acknowledging the importance of teaching or promoting critical thinking as part of
education, practicing critical thinking in the real world and life has its own challenges to be …

Contemporary dental practice is more complex than at any preceding time. The introduction
of new procedures and technologies have created an environment that requires complex …

Early clinical exposure (ECE), defined as any interaction with patients prior to the portion of
the curriculum when den‐tal students spend most of their time at school as a primary …