David C. Johnsen DDS, MS, Leonardo Marchini DDS, MS, PhD, John Syrbu DDS, Brian J. Howe DMD, MS, Jennifer E. Hartshorn DDS, Jhanvi Desai BDS, MDS, Azeez Butali BDS, PhD, Wei Shi MS
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Abstract
Introduction
Little literature exists on graduates’ application to practice for explicit critical thinking skills learned in dental school.
Purposes
Discern the (1) degree to which graduates apply explicit critical thinking skillsets in practice; (2) degree of adaptation of critical thinking skillsets to practice; (3) frequency of use for critical thinking skillsets in practice; and (4) perceptions to improve critical thinking learning guidance in dental school.
Methods
Five critical thinking exercises/skillsets were selected that had been in place over 5 years with at least one paper: geriatrics, treatment planning, technology decision making, ethics, evidence-based dentistry; each followed concepts from an emulation model in critical thinking. Electronic survey administered in 2023/2024 to alumni graduated in the last 5 years.
Results
Of 98 (from 320 distributed) returned, 56 completed the entire survey. Dental school experiences positively influenced use of critical thinking skills in practice. On a five-point scale, mostly 4s and 5s were reported for “…benefit your thinking.” Fifty-three percent reported “using ideas from the exercise and developed my own thought processes,” 35% reported “using the thought process largely as offered in the college” and 5% reported “do not use the exercise.” Sixty percent reported using the skillsets hourly or daily. With minor variations all skillsets were reported positively for use in practice.
Conclusions
A positive influence of critical thinking skills was gained from the college experience with explicit positive impact for each of the five critical thinking experiences. The questions may be a model for future follow-up studies of explicit dental school critical thinking exercises.
期刊介绍:
The Journal of Dental Education (JDE) is a peer-reviewed monthly journal that publishes a wide variety of educational and scientific research in dental, allied dental and advanced dental education. Published continuously by the American Dental Education Association since 1936 and internationally recognized as the premier journal for academic dentistry, the JDE publishes articles on such topics as curriculum reform, education research methods, innovative educational and assessment methodologies, faculty development, community-based dental education, student recruitment and admissions, professional and educational ethics, dental education around the world and systematic reviews of educational interest. The JDE is one of the top scholarly journals publishing the most important work in oral health education today; it celebrated its 80th anniversary in 2016.