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. 2018 Jun 3;32:45. doi: 10.14196/mjiri.32.45

Table 5. Performance of trainees with direct observation of procedural skills (DOPS) assessment method .

Author: year Country Participants Results and conclusion
Bazrafkan L and et al., (46)-2009 Iran 54 dental students Results showed that 86.7% of the students in various fields of dentistry had good performance and 13.3 % of the students had weak performance. In conclusion, DOPS is a suitable tool for assessing practical laboratory performance of dental students.
Mitchell C, et al., 2011(47) UK 1646 trainees in a single UK postgraduate deanery Statistical association was not found between scores of DOPS assessment methods and trainees' skills. DOPS mean scores are not suitable to predict lack of competence.
Dabhadkar S, et al., 2014(32) India Seven second year postgraduate students of OBGY Six out of 7 students performed unsatisfactorily, and only one student had satisfactory performance.
Amini A, et al., 2015(33) Iran Seven orthopedic residents and 9 faculty members According to the results, students had almost good performances (mean of good performance = 50.6%).