Leadership competencies for dentists: What do undergraduate students think?

ABSTRACT: Dentists face difficult situations and challenges every day, but undergraduate dental students in Pakistan are not formally taught leadership skills or assessed for these skills. This study aims to explore the perception of undergraduate dental students on various leadership competencies. A multi-institutional cross-sectional observational study was conducted on undergraduate students in five institutions by using universal sampling technique. Students were asked to self-assess various leadership competencies for dentists based on 15 competencies using a validated questionnaire utilizing Likert scale response format. Responses to these items were presented as frequency and percentage. The overall scores were presented in mean and standard deviation and median and interquartile range. The d

SUBMITTER: Atif S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11407619 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature