Confidence Among Graduating Dental Students on Their Competencies During the COVID-19 Pandemic.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To assess the confidence of graduating dental students affected by the COVID-19 pandemic's clinic closure and restrictions and again after their first year of practice.

Methods

Previously validated online surveys were sent to the University of Toronto classes of 2021 (n = 118, "21S") and 2022 (n = 120, "22S") at graduation and after 1 year of practice as dentists ("21D," "22D"), asking about their confidence in performing competencies of the Association of Canadian Faculties of Dentistry. Analyses included demographics, mean values of Likert scale responses, independent samples t-tests for comparison between groups, one-way ANOVA for comparison between multiple groups, followed by post hoc pairwise comparison using Tukey's tests using statistical significance of p

SUBMITTER: D'Souza NL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12800719 | biostudies-literature | 2026 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature