Horizon of Medical Education Development

Design and Psychometric Checklist of Evaluation of Clinical Skills of Dental Students in Practical Partial Denture Unit and Evaluation of Satisfaction of Assessors (Students) and Evaluators (Faculty Members)

https://doi.org/10.22038/hmed.2020.43247.1002
Volume 10, Issue 1
September 2019
Pages 1-9
Horizon of Medical Education Development

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

Maryam Memarian 1
Mahran Bahrami 2
Mohamadreza Babaei
Mohamad javad Kharazi fard 3

1 Department of Prosthodontics, School of Dentistry, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.

2 Assistant Professor of Prosthodontics Dept., Dental Research Center, Tehran Dental School, Tehran, Iran

3 Statistical Advisor of Tehran Dental School, Tehran, Iran.

Abstract
Introduction: global rating system system is applicable, faster in time and easily handled.Butthe student may receive different scores by different assessors and it possibly led to different scores if repeated. This study is done to design and compare psychometric properties of the checklist for clinical skills assessment of dental students in removable partial denture course and evaluate the rater’s and student’s satisfaction about it.
Materials & Methods: The checklist was analyzed by expert panel while the view points of the scientific member of staff was analyzed and applied in the designed checklist.The content validity of the checklist was measured by lawshe.Then, reliability of the checklist itself and reliability of the assessros was determined by test re test.The satisfaction rate of the scientific member of staff and the students about the checklist was also measured using a 5-scaled instruments.
Results: The satisfaction rate of the students and scientific member of staff was also high about the designed checklist; however, member of staff showed higher satisfaction than the students.The staff showed the highst satisfaction on the item (To what degree, the checklist is successful not to be affected of the staff’s personal views in scoring?) with the mean score of 4.6 while they gave the least satisfaction on the item (To what degree, the checklist is applicable to the assessors?) With the mean score of 3.0.
Conclusion: Conclusion Due to the validity and reliability of the checklist and the satisfaction of students and professors, it seems that the designed checklist can be used to evaluate students in this course.

Keywords

Content validity
Reliability
Satisfaction
Checklist
Removable partial denture

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