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Human disease/clinical medical sciences in dentistry: Current state and future development of undergraduate assessments in the UK and Ireland
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2020-02-27
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Atkin, P. A.
Willis, A.
Doncahie, C.
Elledge, R. O. C.
Thomas, S. J.
Ní Riordain, Richeal
Galvin, S.
Marney, C.
Setterfield, J. F.
Smith, P. M.
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John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
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Introduction: The United Kingdom and Ireland teachers of Human Disease/Clinical Medical Science for Dentistry (HD/CMSD) group continues to work together, and most recently collaborated to review current and future assessments. Materials and methods: The first part of the review of assessments in HD/CMSD took place at a face-to-face meeting with presentations from delegates on assessments in their home institutions. The second, and larger part, comprised an online survey where all eighteen schools in the UK and Ireland participated. Results: All schools had some element of formative assessment, and the majority had a stand-alone summative assessment at the end of the HD/CMSD teaching block. Most schools had a written paper and practical elements to their assessments, most commonly a combination of a multiple-choice type question combined with an objective structured clinical examination (OSCE). There was a trend towards the use of single best answer (SBA) questions and a willingness among participants to share a question bank. All schools incorporated elements of HD/CMSD in their final examinations. Discussion & Conclusion: This collaboration promoted the sharing of developments in assessment for HD/CMSD and demonstrated a willingness to co-operate between institutions. Assessment in HD/CMSD in the UK and Ireland continues to be refined by those responsible for its content and delivery and assessment methods are progressing following evidence-based best practice.
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Assessment , Clinical medical sciences in dentistry , Examination , Human disease , Medicine and surgery , Undergraduate
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Atkin, P. A., Willis, A., Doncahie, C., Elledge, R. O. C., Thomas, S. J., Ni Riordain, R., Galvin, S., Marney, C., Setterfield, J. F., Smith, P. M. and Hammond, D. (2020) 'Human disease/clinical medical sciences in dentistry: Current state and future development of undergraduate assessments in the UK and Ireland', European Journal of Dental Education. doi: 10.1111/eje.12519
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© 2020, John Wiley & Sons, Inc. This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Atkin, P. A., Willis, A., Doncahie, C., Elledge, R. O. C., Thomas, S. J., Ni Riordain, R., Galvin, S., Marney, C., Setterfield, J. F., Smith, P. M. and Hammond, D. (2020) 'Human disease/clinical medical sciences in dentistry: Current state and future development of undergraduate assessments in the UK and Ireland', European Journal of Dental Education, doi: 10.1111/eje.12519, which has been published in final form at https://doi.org/10.1111/eje.12519. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Use of Self-Archived Versions.