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dc.contributor.authorMohamed, Nadia
dc.contributor.authorSmit, Liezl
dc.date.accessioned2021-12-17T10:13:50Z
dc.date.available2021-12-17T10:13:50Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.identifier.citationMohamed, N., & Smit, L. (2021). Continuous Workplace-based Assessment as an Indication of Clinical Competence in Paediatric Dentistry. International Journal of African Higher Education, 8(3), 122-143. https://doi.org/10.6017/ijahe.v8i3.14165en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.6017/ijahe.v8i3.14165
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10566/7070
dc.description.abstractAn authentic workplace setting provides the ideal opportunity for assessment of students’ clinical competence at the ‘does’ level of performance. Final-year dental students in the Department of Paediatric Dentistry at the University of the Western Cape are evaluated in the clinical environment on a daily basis through multiple clinical evaluations which assess clinical and diagnostic skills over a year. An additional end-of-module clinical assessment in the form of a single blinded patient case (BPC) determines if students have reached the expected level of clinical competence in terms of patient evaluation and diagnosis. However, the reliability and feasibility of this single end-of-module clinical case have been questioned in this setting. This study aimed to determine if the current continuous workplace-based assessment (WPBA) results could be used as an indication of final-year students’ clinical competence at the end of the module. A retrospective, quantitative, cross-sectional study was conducted of all complete assessment records. The correlation between the continuous WPBA components was analysed together with an evaluation of the reliability and validity of the assessment results. The continuous formative WPBA practices were found to be both valid and reliable when using Kane’s (2013) and Royal’s (2017) frameworks for analysis. However, the BPC should be reconsidered due to feasibility and reliability concerns. Key words: Dental education, Paediatric Dentistry, clinical skills, workplace, summative, formative, continuous assessmenten_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherInternational Network for Higher Education in Africaen_US
dc.subjectDentistryen_US
dc.subjectEducationen_US
dc.subjectHigher educationen_US
dc.subjectPaediatric dentistryen_US
dc.subjectWorkplaceen_US
dc.subjectClinical skillen_US
dc.subjectWorkplace assessmenten_US
dc.subjectStudentsen_US
dc.subjectUniversity of the Western Capeen_US
dc.titleContinuous workplace-based assessment as an indication of clinical competence in paediatric dentistryen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US


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