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. 2025 Nov 10;12:1669301. doi: 10.3389/fmed.2025.1669301

Table 2.

Participants’ self-rated performance and perceived importance (%) in course design competencies, categorized by academic rank (n = 66).

Competencies Rating Academic positions (percentages)
Professor
(n = 5)
Assoc. prof
(n = 16)
Assist. prof
(n = 38)
Teaching assistant
(n = 7)
Total %
(n = 66)
C1. Developing instructional goals and objectives LK 20% 37.5% 26.3% 71.4% 38.8%
HP 20% 43.7% 30.3% 100% 48.5%
p value 0.92 0.18 0.67 0.045* 0.55
C2. Design Dental Course specification LK 0% 37.5% 36.4% 51.4% 31.3%
HP 20% 30.8% 47.4% 85.7% 45.9%
p value 0.78 0.32 0.52 0.039* 0.74
C3. Appropriate selection of teaching methods for Course goals LK 0% 31.3% 36.9% 57.1% 31.3%
HP 20% 43.7% 47.3% 81.4% 48.1%
p value 0.79 0.62 0.34 0.041* 0.063
C4. Developing blueprint LK 0% 37.5% 42.1% 85.7% 41.3%
HP 40% 43.8% 78.9% 100% 65.7%
p value 0.05* 0.63 0.86 0.98 0.05*
C5. Design problem-based teaching activity LK 40% 43.7% 66.7% 57.1% 51.8%
HP 80% 56.3% 69.7% 100% 76.5%
p value 0.045 0.97 0.89 0.035* 0.042*
C6. Designing OSCE/OSPE stations LK 40% 56.3% 63.6% 85.7% 61.4%
HP 100% 82.5% 91.5% 100% 93.5%
p value 0.034* 0.05* 0.041* 0.83 0.024*
C7. Designing team-based learning activity LK 40% 50% 65.8% 100% 63.9%
HP 100% 62.5% 69.6% 100% 83.1%
p value 0.037* 0.56 0.65 0.95 0.037*

LK, Lower Knowledge; HP, Higher Priority. *p value is statistically significant.