Table 5.
Survey results of current and former examinees regarding the evaluation objectives of the clinical skill test
| Item | Response (no., %) |
P-valuea) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Strongly disagree | Disagree | Neutral | Agree | Strongly agree | ||
| Do you know the evaluation objectives for the Korean Dentist Clinical Skill Test? | 0.405 | |||||
| Examinees (n=116) | 2 (1.7) | 5 (4.3) | 20 (17.2) | 47 (40.5) | 42 (36.2) | |
| Former examinees (n=35) | 0 | 2 (5.7) | 11 (31.4) | 12 (34.3) | 10 (28.6) | |
| Have you taken any preparation training for the examination offered by your school? | 0.451 | |||||
| Examinees (n=116) | 1 (0.9) | 2 (1.7) | 16 (13.8) | 45 (38.8) | 52 (44.8) | |
| Former examinees (n=35) | 0 | 2 (5.7) | 2 (5.7) | 15 (42.9) | 16 (45.7) | |
| Did the evaluation objectives help you prepare for the examination? | 0.517 | |||||
| Examinees (n=116) | 4 (3.4) | 8 (6.9) | 29 (25.0) | 48 (41.4) | 27 (23.3) | |
| Former examinees (n=35) | 0 | 0 | 9 (25.7) | 17 (48.6) | 9 (25.7) | |
| Did the evaluation objectives help you develop basic competencies as a dentist? | 0.183 | |||||
| Examinees (n=116) | 3 (2.6) | 11 (9.5) | 24 (20.7) | 53 (45.7) | 25 (21.6) | |
| Former examinees (n=35) | 0 | 0 | 9 (25.7) | 21 (60.0) | 5 (14.3) | |
| Do you think the “process evaluation” objectives reflect the competencies required of new dentists? | 0.345 | |||||
| Examinees (n=116) | 8 (6.9) | 10 (8.6) | 29 (25.0) | 46 (39.7) | 23 (19.8) | |
| Former examinees (n=35) | 0 | 1 (2.9) | 9 (25.7) | 19 (54.3) | 6 (17.1) | |
| Do you think the “process evaluation” objectives reflect the educational content of your school? | 0.674 | |||||
| Examinees (n=116) | 5 (4.3) | 6 (5.2) | 30 (25.9) | 53 (45.7) | 22 (19.0) | |
| Former examinees (n=35) | 1 (2.9) | 2 (5.7) | 11 (31.4) | 18 (51.4) | 3 (8.6) | |
| Do you think the test items of the “process evaluation” are aligned with the evaluation objectives? | 0.430 | |||||
| Examinees (n=116) | 5 (4.3) | 5 (4.3) | 32 (27.6) | 55 (47.4) | 19 (16.4) | |
| Former examinees (n=35) | 0 | 3 (8.6) | 7 (20.0) | 21 (60.0) | 4 (11.4) | |
| Do you think the “outcome evaluation” objectives reflect the competencies required of new dentists? | 0.089 | |||||
| Examinees (n = 116) | 2 (1.7) | 5 (4.3) | 19 (16.4) | 53 (45.7) | 37 (31.9) | |
| Former examinees (n = 35) | 0 | 1 (2.9) | 7 (20.0) | 19 (54.3) | 8 (22.9) | |
| Do you think the “outcome evaluation” objectives reflect the educational content of your school? | 0.600 | |||||
| Examinees (n=116) | 2 (1.7) | 2 (1.7) | 19 (16.4) | 62 (53.4) | 31 (26.7) | |
| Former examinees (n=35) | 0 | 1 (2.9) | 9 (25.7) | 18 (51.4) | 7 (20.0) | |
| Do you think the test items of the “outcome evaluation” are aligned with the evaluation objectives? | 0.562 | |||||
| Examinees (n=116) | 2 (1.7) | 5 (4.3) | 19 (16.4) | 64 (55.2) | 26 (22.4) | |
| Former examinees (n=35) | 0 | 0 | 9 (25.7) | 20 (57.1) | 6 (17.1) | |
a)
The chi-square test was conducted to compare the differences between current test-takers and former test-takers in response results (α=0.05).