Abstract:
Preclinical and clinical tooth
important and significant aspect of
preparation is an
a dental student's
education. The associated procedures rely heavily on the
development of particular psychomotor skills. The most
common format of instruction and evaluation in tooth
preparation at many Dental Faculties, emphasizes the product
(tooth preparation) and associates performance with
characteristics of this product.
This integrated study examines which skills should be
developed and how a course of instruction can best be
structured to develop the necessary skills.
The skills which are identified are those necessary
for tooth preparation are selected from a psychomotor
taxonomy.
The purpose of evaluating these skills is identified.
Behavioral objectives are set for student performance and
the advisability of establishing standards of performance is
examined.
After reviewing studies related to
learning strategy for dental psychomotor
the most suitable
tasks as well as
articles on instructor effectiveness a model is proposed. A
pilot project at the University of Toronto, based on this
proposed model is described.
The paper concludes wi th a discussion of the
implications of this proposed model.
