Table 2 The curriculum-defined competencies that more than 70% of the Iranian senior dental students (n = 438)* believed in the adequacy of dentistry program to cover them, and the distribution of the students’ responses according to their sex and dental school active years
From: Evaluation of national dental curriculum in Iran using senior dental students’ feedback
Total n (%) | Sex | P* | School working years | P** | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Male n (%) | Female n (%) | ≤ 15 years n (%) | > 15 years n (%) | ||||
Theoretical | |||||||
Interpreting intra-oral radiographs | 300 (71.6) | 128 (69.6) | 172 (73.2) | 0.41 | 132 (71.4) | 168 (71.8) | 0.92 |
Restoring a big cavity involving more than two surfaces of the tooth | 311 (74.0) | 134 (72.8) | 177 (75.0) | 0.61 | 134 (71.7) | 177 (76.0) | 0.32 |
Pulpectomy of a deciduous molar | 314 (73.2) | 143 (74.9) | 171 (71.8) | 0.48 | 149 (78.8) | 165 (68.8) | 0.02 |
Taking medical history | 315 (73.4) | 130 (68.8) | 185 (77.1) | 0.05 | 141 (75.4) | 174 (71.9) | 0.42 |
Taking dental history | 325 (74.2) | 136 (72.3) | 189 (79.4) | 0.09 | 142 (77.2) | 183 (75.6) | 0.71 |
Extraction of a single-root tooth | 327 (77.1) | 141 (75.0) | 186 (78.8) | 0.35 | 145 (78.4) | 182 (76.2) | 0.59 |
Pulpotomy of a deciduous molar | 340 (79.3) | 150 (78.9) | 190 (79.5) | 0.89 | 159 (84.6) | 181 (75.1) | 0.02 |
Prescribing necessary intra-oral radiographs | 346 (82.0) | 151 (81.6) | 195 (82.3) | 0.86 | 159 (85.9) | 187 (78.9) | 0.06 |
Endodontic treatment of a single-root tooth | 346 (82.0) | 151 (80.3) | 195 (83.3) | 0.42 | 151 (81.6) | 195 (82.3) | 0.86 |
Restoring deciduous teeth | 349 (81.4) | 153 (80.1) | 196 (82.4) | 0.55 | 157 (83.5) | 192 (79.7) | 0.31 |
Restoring a relatively small cavity | 355 (83.5) | 150 (79.4) | 205 (86.9) | 0.04 | 160 (85.1) | 195 (82.3) | 0.44 |
Practical | |||||||
Restoring a big cavity involving more than two surfaces of the tooth | 293 (71.5) | 121 (66.5) | 172 (75.4) | 0.046 | 125 (68.3) | 168 (74.0) | 0.20 |
Pulpotomy of a deciduous molar | 295 (70.6) | 127 (69.0) | 168 (71.8) | 0.54 | 141 (77.5) | 154 (65.3) | 0.007 |
E extraction of a single-root tooth | 301 (73.1) | 127 (70.2) | 174 (75.3) | 0.24 | 129 (71.7) | 172 (74.1) | 0.58 |
Prescribing necessary intra-oral radiographs | 318 (77.4) | 137 (74.9) | 181 (79.4) | 0.28 | 149 (81.9) | 169 (73.8) | 0.05 |
Endodontic treatment of a single-root tooth | 321 (77.5) | 140 (76.5) | 181 (78.4) | 0.65 | 145 (80.6) | 176 (75.2) | 0.2 |
Restoring deciduous teeth | 325 (77.8) | 136 (73.9) | 189 (80.8) | 0.09 | 145 (79.2) | 180 (76.6) | 0.52 |
Restoring a relatively small cavity | 327 (79.6) | 138 (75.4) | 189 (82.9) | 0.06 | 142 (78.9) | 185 (80.1) | 0.77 |