Undergraduate medical students need more training in craniomaxillofacial surgery: a comparative study between medical and dental students.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To compare the performance in oral, craniomaxillofacial, and facial plastic surgery (CMF)-specific surgical skills between medical students (MS) and dental students (DS) and hence adjust the current CMF training to student-specific needs. The investigators hypothesized that there would be no performance differences between MS and DS.

Methods

The investigators implemented a comparative retrospective item-based analysis of student performance in a CMF-specific objective structured clinical examination (OSCE) from 2008 to 2015. The sample was composed of 1010 MS and 225 DS who completed a standardized CMF training and OSCE. Three OSCE scenarios [management mandible fracture (MMF), management zygomatic fracture (MZF), and structured facial examination (SFE)] were include

SUBMITTER: Seifert LB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6754024 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature