Students Performance in Oral Surgery Clinic, in Al- Mustansiriyah University, Iraq Student- and Patient-Based Assessment

Abstract

Introduction: In dental curriculum, assessment of student aims to ensure that they have acquired the necessaryknowledge, clinical skills and problem solving abilities. Assessment does not only tests the student’s ability, it alsoindicates the effectiveness and appropriateness of teaching.Aim of the study: To evaluate students’ performance in oral surgery clinic from patients’ and students’ perspectives.Material and Methods: A cross-sectional study was employed including 5th class dental students in College ofDentistry, Mustansiriyah University. 50 out of 102 students were included for this study.Each student performed a single tooth extraction procedure. Before dental extraction a proper case sheet wasfilled with proper case history evaluation by one of the clinical supervisors.Each student was provided with student’s form and patient’s form. Student and patient were asked to answer theforms separately. The form consisted from 3 visual analogue scales (VAS) assessing the level of pain/ satisfactiontoward the procedure for both patients and students. Statistical tests were done using IBM SPSS Statistics Ver.20. The level of significance was measured at P value <0.05.Results: The number of included students was 50 students, and 50 patients 37 were males and 13 were females.High success of local anaesthesia as well as (minimum or no pain) level were reported in the majority of the cases.The overall agreement between patients’ and students’ perception toward the success of local anaesthesia was statisticallysignificant p<0.05 (Pearson test). More than 70% of both patients and students found that the extractionprocess was easy. Pearson test showed highly significant relationship between students’ and patients’ evaluation ofdental extraction procedure. Mann whitney U showed no significant difference between patients’ satisfaction andstudents’ satisfaction toward the success of overall management.Conclusion: High level of patients’ satisfaction and the agreement between patients and students evaluation towardthe steps of dental extraction procedure in the selected sample group indicates high level of students’ performance.