2017 Volume 33 Issue 1 Pages 4-11
Abstract Each faculty of dentistry at universities and dental colleges in Japan continues to work toward the improvement and development of dental education. Sufficient preparation for clinical clerkship is considered to be especially important for these organizations because of their overriding social mission to graduate reliable dentists. The “ACKPIS” clinical performance exam, which was integrated with the newly created clinical clerkship operative concept named “ACCEPT Project”, has been made available at the Niigata University Faculty of Dentistry. ACKPIS seeks to assess the clinical performance of undergraduate dental students during clinical clerkships at the clinical site as it evaluates six basic requirements using a specified procedure. A questionnaire survey of a cohort of candidates was carried out to confirm the usefulness of ACKPIS. The basic requirements included in ACKPIS were similar to those described as competencies for new general dentists in ADEA or GDC. Furthermore, ACKPIS incorporated a feedback system for the students and was also similar to the clinical performance exam taken by medical residents both domestically and overseas. The results of the questionnaire revealed that the students recognized the importance and necessity of the ACKPIS clinical performance exam and its value in testing and evaluating criteria. Notwithstanding the need for further improvement, ACKPIS was deemed to be useful for assessing the clinical performance of undergraduate dental students.
