Educational status of dental students at clinical course in Babol Medical University attended during 1993-96

Background and Objective: Continuous evaluation of students’ educational status is one of the most important essentials in improving the quality of educational system in universities. This study was performed to determine the educational status of dental students attended during 1993-96. Methods: Th...

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Main Authors: M Motaleb Nejad, A Bijani, R Isapour, M Ghanbari
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Babol University of Medical Sciences 2003-12-01
Series:Majallah-i Dānishgāh-i ̒Ulūm-i Pizishkī-i Bābul
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Online Access:http://jbums.org/article-1-2776-en.html
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R Isapour
M Ghanbari
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description Background and Objective: Continuous evaluation of students’ educational status is one of the most important essentials in improving the quality of educational system in universities. This study was performed to determine the educational status of dental students attended during 1993-96. Methods: This cross-sectional study was performed on 104 graduated dental students of Babol university of medical sciences up to 2002. Data was gathered and variables like theoretical and clinical courses and etc analyzed by T-test, ANOVA and Pearson correlation coefficient, and differences at P<0.05 was considered significant. Findings: The results indicated that educational status of four groups of students improved from 1993 to 1996. The highest average scores (15.64) were related to students attended in 1996 and lowest scores (14.92) related to students attended in 1993. Our results also indicated that female and uncommitted students had much better scores in both theoretical and clinical courses than male and committed students. Conclusion: According to the results, there is an improving process in dental students’ educational status due to completion of faculty instructors and establishment of educational environment.
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spelling doaj.art-7001aa5afad04889af1c071b944ae7442022-12-21T21:20:33ZengBabol University of Medical SciencesMajallah-i Dānishgāh-i ̒Ulūm-i Pizishkī-i Bābul1561-41072251-71702003-12-0155711Educational status of dental students at clinical course in Babol Medical University attended during 1993-96M Motaleb Nejad0A Bijani1R Isapour2M Ghanbari3 Background and Objective: Continuous evaluation of students’ educational status is one of the most important essentials in improving the quality of educational system in universities. This study was performed to determine the educational status of dental students attended during 1993-96. Methods: This cross-sectional study was performed on 104 graduated dental students of Babol university of medical sciences up to 2002. Data was gathered and variables like theoretical and clinical courses and etc analyzed by T-test, ANOVA and Pearson correlation coefficient, and differences at P<0.05 was considered significant. Findings: The results indicated that educational status of four groups of students improved from 1993 to 1996. The highest average scores (15.64) were related to students attended in 1996 and lowest scores (14.92) related to students attended in 1993. Our results also indicated that female and uncommitted students had much better scores in both theoretical and clinical courses than male and committed students. Conclusion: According to the results, there is an improving process in dental students’ educational status due to completion of faculty instructors and establishment of educational environment.http://jbums.org/article-1-2776-en.htmldental studentsclinical periodeducational status
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dental students
clinical period
educational status
title Educational status of dental students at clinical course in Babol Medical University attended during 1993-96
title_full Educational status of dental students at clinical course in Babol Medical University attended during 1993-96
title_fullStr Educational status of dental students at clinical course in Babol Medical University attended during 1993-96
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title_short Educational status of dental students at clinical course in Babol Medical University attended during 1993-96
title_sort educational status of dental students at clinical course in babol medical university attended during 1993 96
topic dental students
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educational status
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