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Correlation of psychomotor skills and didactic performance among dental students in Saudi Arabia
OBJECTIVES: The objective of this study is to investigate the correlation between the psychomotor skills and the academic performance of dental students. METHODS: Didactic and preclinical scores were collected for students who graduated from the Faculty of Dentistry, King Abdulaziz University, Jedda...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3805184/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24159266 http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/AMEP.S53319 |
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author | Afify, Ahmed R Zawawi, Khalid H Othman, Hisham I Al-Dharrab, Ayman A |
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description | OBJECTIVES: The objective of this study is to investigate the correlation between the psychomotor skills and the academic performance of dental students. METHODS: Didactic and preclinical scores were collected for students who graduated from the Faculty of Dentistry, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, in 2011. Three courses (Dental Anatomy, Removable Prosthodontic Denture, and Orthodontics) were selected. Correlations comparing didactic and practical scores were done for the total samples, then for the males and females separately. RESULTS: There was no significant correlation between the practical and didactic scores for the three courses for the total sample. There was a significant correlation between all three subjects in the didactic scores. For females, the results showed that there was only a significant correlation between the practical and didactic scores for Dental Anatomy. For males, no correlation was observed between the practical and didactic scores for all subjects. CONCLUSION: In the present sample, didactic performance did not correlate well with the students’ psychomotor performance. |
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spelling | pubmed-38051842013-10-24 Correlation of psychomotor skills and didactic performance among dental students in Saudi Arabia Afify, Ahmed R Zawawi, Khalid H Othman, Hisham I Al-Dharrab, Ayman A Adv Med Educ Pract Original Research OBJECTIVES: The objective of this study is to investigate the correlation between the psychomotor skills and the academic performance of dental students. METHODS: Didactic and preclinical scores were collected for students who graduated from the Faculty of Dentistry, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, in 2011. Three courses (Dental Anatomy, Removable Prosthodontic Denture, and Orthodontics) were selected. Correlations comparing didactic and practical scores were done for the total samples, then for the males and females separately. RESULTS: There was no significant correlation between the practical and didactic scores for the three courses for the total sample. There was a significant correlation between all three subjects in the didactic scores. For females, the results showed that there was only a significant correlation between the practical and didactic scores for Dental Anatomy. For males, no correlation was observed between the practical and didactic scores for all subjects. CONCLUSION: In the present sample, didactic performance did not correlate well with the students’ psychomotor performance. Dove Medical Press 2013-10-16 /pmc/articles/PMC3805184/ /pubmed/24159266 http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/AMEP.S53319 Text en © 2013 Afify et al. This work is published by Dove Medical Press Limited, and licensed under Creative Commons Attribution – Non Commercial (unported, v3.0) License The full terms of the License are available at http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/. Non-commercial uses of the work are permitted without any further permission from Dove Medical Press Limited, provided the work is properly attributed. |
spellingShingle | Original Research Afify, Ahmed R Zawawi, Khalid H Othman, Hisham I Al-Dharrab, Ayman A Correlation of psychomotor skills and didactic performance among dental students in Saudi Arabia |
title | Correlation of psychomotor skills and didactic performance among dental students in Saudi Arabia |
title_full | Correlation of psychomotor skills and didactic performance among dental students in Saudi Arabia |
title_fullStr | Correlation of psychomotor skills and didactic performance among dental students in Saudi Arabia |
title_full_unstemmed | Correlation of psychomotor skills and didactic performance among dental students in Saudi Arabia |
title_short | Correlation of psychomotor skills and didactic performance among dental students in Saudi Arabia |
title_sort | correlation of psychomotor skills and didactic performance among dental students in saudi arabia |
topic | Original Research |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3805184/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24159266 http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/AMEP.S53319 |
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