Table 1.

Third- and fifth-year Jordanian dental students' evaluation of the teaching they had received on five topics

Topic	More than adequate (%)*		Adequate (%)*		Less than adequate (%)*		No teaching received (%)*		P value
	3rd year (n = 97)	5th year (n = 114)	3rd year (n = 97)	5th year (n = 114)	3rd year (n = 97)	5th year (n = 114)	3rd year (n = 97)	5th year (n = 114)
Cross-infection precautions	6.2	26.3	33.0	60.5	46.4	13.2	14.4	0	< 0.001
Virology	27.8	2.6	60.8	63.2	11.3	34.2	0	0	< 0.001
Sterilization practice and procedures	8.2	5.3	32.0	47.4	55.7	47.4	4.1	0	0.027
Barrier dentistry	8.2	26.3	44.3	65.8	32.0	7.9	15.5	0	< 0.001
Recognition of blood-borne virus risk group	18.6	10.5	57.7	55.3	22.7	34.2	1.0	0	0.11

(%)*: % of students who responded chose this option.