2022 Volume 38 Issue 1 Pages 52-62
Abstract Post-graduate clinical dental training underwent changes for the third time in 2021, as it had been necessary to improve the training curriculum to certify the competency of new dentists. It is considered that a multi-directional assessment is effective for clinical training. This time, a trial formative assessment by colleagues was given to dental residents in 2021 at the Medical and Dental Hospital Niigata University to evaluate the influence on dental residents’ awareness of post-graduate clinical dental training. The assessment included dental clinical knowledge, attitude, and communication ; they chose one of these and described it freely for the assessment.
The parts of the assessment results were fed back to the dental residents. After the assessment by colleagues, a questionnaire survey of the assessment was performed. The results showed that dental residents pay attention to the attitude and communication of colleagues daily. It is suggested that colleague assessment is suitable for estimating attitude and communication.
Almost all dental residents said that the colleague assessment was meaningful in order to understand what points they should improve, and thought the assessment was beneficial. It is suggested that assessment by colleagues has a positive effect for post-graduate dental training.
