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INTRODUCTION: Three-dimensional (3D)-printing technology can provide customizable simulations, but its effects on patient care quality have not been well studied. This study aimed to assess the impact of practicing with patient-specific 3D-printed teeth models on the quality of patients' dental preparations performed by students transitioning to clinical training. Accordingly, the quality of posterior crown preparations was evaluated by objectively analyzing digital scans and grades in two groups: the study group, which practiced beforehand with patient-specific 3D-printed teeth models, and the control group, which did not practice with these models. METHODS: All 78 fourth-year dental students who had just finished their fixed prosthodontics course at the simulation laboratory with training on phantom heads and without previous clinical experience in crown preparations were invited to participate in the study. Sixty-eight agreed to take part and were randomly divided into a study group that practiced crown preparations on 3D-printed models of their own patient's teeth and a control group that did not practice with 3D-printed models and started their clinical work straightforwardly after simulation training. Students completed validated perception questionnaires on self-confidence and clinical skills before and after the protocol, which were compared using a chi-squared test. Crown preparations performed on 3D-printed models and then on patients were digitally scanned and objectively graded by prepCheck software for critical parameters, such as undercuts, taper, and occlusion reduction. Non-parametric tests were used to compare preparations on 3D-printed models and on patients performed by the study group and those on patients made by the control group. RESULTS: Initially, both groups reported similar perceptions of self-confidence and clinical skills levels. The study group significantly improved both aspects after the protocol. Analysis of the scanned preparations demonstrated that the study group removed less tooth structure from actual patients than from the initial 3D-printed models. In contrast, the control group showed excess occlusal clearance in their patients compared to the study group. CONCLUSIONS: Practicing patient-specific 3D-printed teeth before performing procedures clinically appears to enhance preparation quality and minimize unnecessary tooth reduction in early clinical experiences.

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There is increasing pressure to accelerate health professions education programs and educators have the challenge of ensuring that students can effectively transfer their learning into clinical practice. In this personal view, we discuss how insights from cognitive science can inform the redesign of current curricula and highlight the challenge of implementing these new approaches for instructional design and assessment. We also recommend that educators disseminate the important lessons learned from their endeavors.

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INTRODUCTION: The development of clinical skills requires the appropriate use of self-regulated learning (SRL). Students' use of key SRL processes as they perform a clinical skill can be identified by SRL microanalysis and used to provide feedback. SRL-microanalysis feedback only on students' key SRL processes has not been previously researched for developing clinical skills. The aim of this study was to investigate whether SRL-microanalysis feedback only on students' key SRL processes can improve both their use of SRL and their clinical skill performance. METHODS: Twenty-three final year medical students with no experience in the clinical skill required for mechanical ventilation participated in this study. Key SRL processes and clinical skill performance were measured before and after SRL microanalysis feedback. RESULTS: Overall, we found an improvement in the key SRL processes of planning and monitoring of performance, with a significant difference in monitoring. We also found an increase in students' clinical skill performance. DISCUSSION: This study, which is the first in clinical skills, demonstrated that SRL microanalysis feedback only on key SRL processes can improve both students' SRL and their clinical skill performance. studies are recommended with a great number of students and across a variety of clinical skills.

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Introducción: La simulación remota brindó una alternativa concreta para entrenar las habilidades procedimentales básicas durante la pandemia. El objetivo de este artículo es describir el proyecto que mantuvo el entrenamiento de las habilidades procedimentales básicas de enfermería en alumnos de pregrado UC, utilizando la aplicación C1DO1, durante el segundo semestre del 2021. Materiales y Métodos: Se diseñaron cinco etapas en la plataforma C1DO1. Cada etapa consideró un procedimiento clínico básico. Los estudiantes practicaron las técnicas en su hogar y se grabaron ejecutando el procedimiento. El video fue revisado por un docente que proporcionaba una retroalimentación personalizada y medía su aprendizaje de manera formativa. Al finalizar todas las etapas, se aplicó una encuesta para evaluar la percepción y satisfacción con el proyecto. Resultados: 183 estudiantes se inscribieron en el proyecto, de los cuales 122 participaron activamente. El porcentaje de respuesta del instrumento de evaluación fue de un 71%. La satisfacción global alcanzó una nota de 6,1. El grado de acuerdo con la simulación remota fue de un 94%. La percepción de autoeficacia alcanzó un 89%. La retroalimentación personalizada fue considerada como muy importante por el 94% de los participantes y el 98% de los estudiantes aprobó la etapa que efectúo. Discusión: Existe un alto grado de acuerdo con el entrenamiento de habilidades procedimentales mediante la simulación remota, sin embargo, los estudiantes consideran esta metodología como un complemento al aprendizaje motor, aún faltan estudios que midan transferencia.

Introduction: Remote simulation provided a concrete alternative to train basic procedural skills, given the pandemic. This article aims to describe the project that maintained the training of basic nursing procedural skills in UC undergraduate students using the C1DO1 application during the second semester of 2021. Methods: Five stages were designed on the C1DO1 platform. Each stage considered a basic clinical procedure. The students practiced the techniques at home and recorded themselves performing the procedure. The video was reviewed by a teacher who provided personalized feedback and measured their learning in a formative way. At the end of all the stages, a survey was applied to the students to evaluate their perception and satisfaction with the project. Results: The total number of students enrolled in the project was 183 of which 122 actively participated. The response rate of the evaluation instrument was 71%. Global satisfaction with the project obtained a score of 6.1. The degree of agreement with the remote simulation was 94%. The perception of self-efficacy reached 89%. The personalized feedback was considered very important by 94% of the participants and 98% of the students approved the stage they carried out. Discussion: There is a high degree of agreement with the training of procedural skills through remote simulation, however, students see this methodology as a complement to motor learning, and studies that measure transfer are still lacking.

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In recent years, there has been an increased focus on the teaching of small-animal dentistry to veterinary students in order to address the recognized gap between dental skill training and the expectations of employers regarding the competencies of new graduates in this field. In this study, third-year veterinary students were trained in three canine dental core skills using either a high-fidelity model (Group A) or video instruction (Group B). An objective structured clinical examination was used to assess skill acquisition and questionnaires were distributed in order to assess student confidence and perceptions related to small-animal dentistry practice and related skills before and after the training. All results were compared between the two groups. Group A outperformed Group B in skill acquisition (p < 0.001) and there was greater improvement in skill confidence for Group A than Group B (p < 0.001). There was no statistical difference in perceptions related to small-animal dentistry between the two groups after the training (p ≥ 0.1). Group A rated their training experience more highly than Group B (p < 0.001). Although dental skill acquisition shows greater improvement when training is provided by models rather than video instruction, a blended approach to teaching dental skills is likely to be the best approach to optimizing dental skill acquisition.

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BACKGROUND: During the COVID-19 pandemic, face-to-face teaching and learning of physiotherapy practical skills was limited. Asynchronous, remote training has been effective in development of clinical skills in some health professions. This study aimed to determine the effect of remote, asynchronous training and feedback on development of neurodynamic skills in physiotherapy students. METHODS: Longitudinal repeated measurements study, across four training sessions. Participants engaged in a remote training program for development of upper limb neurodynamic techniques. In this sequential training, participants viewed the online tutorial, practiced independently, and uploaded a video of their performance for formative assessment and feedback from a trained instructor via a checklist and rubric. RESULTS: Intra-subject analyses of 60 third-year physiotherapy students showed that the target standard of performance, with no further significant change in scores, was attained following session 2 for the checklist and session 3 for the rubric. This shows that two sessions are required to learn the procedures, and three sessions yield further improvements in performance quality. CONCLUSION: The remote, asynchronous training and feedback model proved to be an effective strategy for students' development of neurodynamic testing skills and forms a viable alternative to in-person training. This study contributes to the future of acquiring physiotherapy clinical competencies when distance or hybrid practice is required.

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INTRODUCTION: This study gathered perceptions from four stakeholder groups in the Dominican Republic (DR) regarding acquiring professional dental competencies and clinical skills. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Researcher-created surveys covering core dental competencies and clinical skills were distributed to stakeholder groups associated with nine different DR dental programs. Respondents included 153 undergraduate dental students, 153 dental faculty members, 108 practicing dentists (who had graduated in the past 5 years) and 42 industry professionals (who hire and supervise dentists). Data were examined using descriptive statistics, univariate ANOVA and multiple linear regressions. RESULTS: Dental school students and recent graduates now practicing dentists in the DR reflected moderate to solid confidence that they had learned most of the dental skills and competencies covered in the survey. Industry professionals were a bit less confident overall, while dental faculty offered the lowest scores, although those were often still in the moderately confident range. ANOVAs revealed significant differences when broken down by individual university dental programs. Regressions also revealed that individual university dental programs significantly predict confidence that dental skills and competencies were achieved. CONCLUSION: Data show that DR's dental stakeholder groups generally felt optimistic about the learning occurring. However, the lower mean scores and higher standard deviations from faculty responses raise concern, as do the significant differences between individual dental programs and the dental program itself a significant predictor. Further review of programs is needed, and a national set of dental competencies should be considered in this country.

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PURPOSE: Clinical education is an essential part of the Dental School curriculum and assessment is a fundamental component of the teaching-learning process. OBJECTIVES: With the purpose of implementing a structured and objective assessment method in the teaching of Oral Radiology, undergraduate dentistry students were submitted to an assessment of clinical competences and skills in radiology by the Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE), applied both in-person and virtually (VOSCE). METHODS: The same group of students was evaluated by the OSCE and VOSCE in six-station circuits that involved the assessment of clinical skills in Oral Radiology. For each station, an individual evaluative checklist (per station) was prepared and the participants' general scores were obtained. The students' anxiety level was also assessed before and after the exams and a meta-evaluation was performed to indicate the participants' perception of the assessment methods. RESULTS: The OSCE (0.61) and VOSCE (0.81) reliability values were considered substantial and almost perfect, respectively. The students evaluated showed a better performance in the OSCE (p ≤ 0.05). Anxiety levels were considered moderate in both assessments and showed no difference between the two exams. The meta-evaluation showed a positive evaluation for the items "time of execution", "clarity", "degree of difficulty" and "importance for clinical practice", both for the OSCE and the VOSCE. CONCLUSIONS: The OSCE was effective for evaluating clinical competencies and skills in Oral Radiology, both in face-to-face and virtual examinations, but with a limitation in the online method for evaluating technical skills.

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ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: To highlight the importance of clinical simulations and simulated laboratories for student training, especially in physical examination teaching. OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the gains obtained by medical students in their cognitive and practical performance of physical examinations (abdominal, cardiological, and pulmonary), as well as satisfaction and self-confidence in what they have learned, after concentrated practice developed in a skills and simulation laboratory. DESIGN AND SETTING: A quantitative and quasi-experimental study in which 48 students were evaluated at the Faculdade de Odontologia de Bauru, São Paulo, Brazil. METHODS: A quantitative and descriptive study was conducted with regularly enrolled 2nd year medical students over 18 years of age who had content prior to data collection regarding anamnesis and physical examination remotely taught in a Moodle virtual learning environment. For data collection, the participants were subjected to a concentrated period of skill training (abdominal, cardiological, and pulmonary). Every day after the skill training session, they were subjected to a practical evaluation and completed a theoretical test before and after the practical activities. At the end of all activities, they answered the instrument to assess the simulated practices (self-confidence and satisfaction). RESULTS: Among the 49 students evaluated, positive and significant theoretical and practical gains were identified in all three components (abdominal, cardiological, and pulmonary) (P = 0.000), as well as in the general evaluation (Theoretical 1 and Theoretical 2) (P = 0.000), satisfaction, and self-confidence (P = 0.000). CONCLUSION: Concentrated laboratory practice resulted in positive improvements in students' physical examination skills.

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BACKGROUND: The state of alarm declared in Spain in response to the Coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) has had far-reaching consequences in all areas of life. At the University of Granada's (UGR) Faculty of Medicine, online teaching was implemented immediately without any preexisting plan. Second-year undergraduates in medicine, particularly those enrolled in the subject 'Bases of Internal Medicine,' would normally undergo clinical skills circuits in face-to-face group settings. OBJECTIVE: To facilitate undergraduates' acquisition of specific transversal skills by means of an integrated online working system. DESIGN: Before the pandemic, teaching/learning methods consisted of 1) face-to-face group work; 2) teletutoring; 3) written work uploaded to the PRADO online platform for marking by the teletutor; and 4) presentation of written work to the group. As a result of the lockdown, presentations in class were suspended and replaced by online presentations. The means adopted by students in online presentations were freely chosen using various communication techniques: linear projection systems (6); acting/simulation (4); dramatization (1); and role-playing (1). RESULTS: The number of online clinical skills circuits developed was 12, one for each of the clinical skills circuits established for imparting this subject. A total of 12 presentations were made by the 10 groups, each lasting 15 minutes followed by a 5-minute discussion to settle any questions raised. The presentations were marked jointly by the teaching staff, coordinator, and students. CONCLUSIONS: The transference of classroom learning to the online environment proved an essential resource for teaching/learning clinical/practical skills during the lockdown, which have never before been imparted at distance.

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El mini-CEX (mini clinical evaluation exercise) es un instrumento de evaluación del desempeño profesional a través de la observación directa del residente mientras participa de un encuentro con un paciente, la valoración de una serie de habilidades y destrezas clínicas con posterior devolución constructiva en su ámbito de trabajo. Se centra en seis competencias que el residente debe demostrar duran-te el encuentro con un paciente y requiere que el docente documente ese desempeño. Es fácil de aplicar por los docentes porque se integra bien a la rutina del día a día en los diferentes escenarios clínicos. El tiempo estimado de esta interacción no debe superar los 20 minutos y debe repetirse al menos 8 veces al año con cada residente por diferentes docentes en caso de decisiones sumativas. Es de vital importancia consensuar su implementación como iniciativa estratégica desde la dirección de la institución de salud, que los docentes definan de antemano qué competencias se van a evaluar y cuáles son los estándares de desempeño mínimo que deberán alcanzar los residentes. La confección de una base de datos con la información de los formularios completados nos permitirá monitorizar el proceso de evaluación y efectuar las medidas correctivas pertinentes.

The mini-CEX (mini clinical evaluation exercise) is a tool for assessing the professional performance of residents through direct observa-tion of resident-patient encounters, evaluating clinical skills, and providing subsequent feedback in the work setting. The exam focuses on evaluating residents' skills during a resident-patient meeting. The evaluator must document the resident's performance in six areas of competence. The exam is easy to apply as it fits in real-life settings in different clinical scenarios. The evaluation should not take more than 20 minutes, and each resident should have eight mini-CEX per year of training with varying faculties for summative decisions. It is extremely important that the board of directors of the healthcare institution reach a consensus to implement the mini-CEX as a strategic initiative. Faculties should previously define the competence areas to evaluate, and the minimum standards of residents' performance. A database constructed with all the forms completed will be helpful to monitor the evaluation process and make the necessary corrections.

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BACKGROUND: Self-assessment is a mandated educational requirement for use in dental undergraduate programmes. It is weakly supported for use in early clinical training and studies are criticized for the conceptual and methodology shortfalls. The aim of the study was to compare the alignment of student self-assessment to both staff assessment and written exams in early clinical training using an educational approach. METHODS: In 2014-2015, 55 third-year dental students completed three educational sessions comprising of (a) classroom teaching (lecture, video) with post-lesson written exam and (b) clinical activity with student self-assessment, staff assessment and student reflection. An intra-individual analysis approach, staff validation, and student scoring standardization were implemented. Cognitive (clinical competency) and non-cognitive (professionalism) items were separated in the analyses. RESULTS: There were medium correlations (Spearman's rho, r) between student self-assessment and staff assessment scores for cognitive items (r, 0.32) and for non-cognitive items (r, 0.44) for all three combined sessions. There were large correlations for individual sessions. Compared to the post-lesson written exam, students showed small correlation (r, 0.22, 0.29) and staff showed medium correlation (r, 0.31, 0.34) for cognitive and non-cognitive items. Students showed improvements in their mean scores for both cognitive (t-test; p > 0.05) and non-cognitive items (t-test; p = 0.000). Mean scores of students were not different statistically from that of staff (p > 0.05). CONCLUSIONS: Students may adequately act as self-assessors at the beginning of their clinical work in periodontology. Self-assessment may potentially improve the clinical performance. Self-assessment may be nurtured through clear guidelines, educational training strategies, feedback and reflection leading to better evaluative judgement and lifelong learning.

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BACKGROUND AND AIM: Blood collection from dogs is the most commonly performed procedure in the medical clinic. However, different factors can interfere with the quality of the material collected, potentially causing complications for patients. Simulated skill training is a teaching strategy designed to provide early training to students, develop their skills and self-confidence, and increase the procedure's success while reducing complications. Therefore, the aim of this study was to evaluate skill training using a low-fidelity simulator in the peripheral venipuncture procedure and examine the training's influence on the in vivo procedure. MATERIALS AND METHODS: To assess skill training, this study used a low-fidelity simulator in the peripheral venipuncture procedure and examines the training's effect on the in vivo procedure. In total, 100 dogs, 65 undergraduate students, 3 veterinarians, and 4 previously trained evaluators participated. The canine in vivo venipuncture procedure was evaluated both before and after the simulated skill training and the low-fidelity simulator training. Data were collected on participants' self-confidence levels. RESULTS: Local complications occurred during in vivo practice; however, after training, they decreased. Gloves were more frequently used during the procedure, resulting in a reduction of both harvest attempts and complications, as well as increased levels of self-confidence in post-training participants. The simulator developed had low fidelity, low cost, and was easy to create. CONCLUSION: Skill training in peripheral venipuncture using a low-fidelity simulator positively influences student learning, increases their self-confidence during in vivo harvesting, and reduces the complications of the procedure, improving patient well-being.

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RESUMEN Introducción: El egreso de un médico general competente demanda que desde el pregrado aprenda a solucionar los problemas de salud más prevalentes. Objetivo: Diseñar un sistema de tareas docentes que contribuya a que el estudiante de Medicina desarrolle la habilidad de solucionar problemas de salud de carácter urgente presentes en el paciente adulto. Método: En el curso escolar 2017-2018, en el servicio de Medicina Intensiva del Hospital General Docente "Dr. Agostinho Neto" se realizó un estudio de corte transversal y con enfoque cualitativo. Se utilizaron métodos teóricos, empíricos y matemático-estadísticos. Se hizo un pre-experimento en el que se aplicó un sistema de tareas docentes dirigido a satisfacer el objetivo que se declaró, en el que participaron 25 estudiantes seleccionados aleatoriamente. Resultados: La autoevaluación del estudiante y su examen de desempeño mostró que en el 64,0 % de ellos mejoró su preparación para este fin y logró el desarrollo de la habilidad. Conclusiones: Se fundamenta desde el punto de vista teórico que la solución de estos problemas de salud de carácter urgente adquiere el carácter de habilidad profesional para el médico dada su implicación en el modo de actuación profesional. Se diseña un sistema de tareas docentes que posibilita esta aspiración y se demuestra su viabilidad para su instrumentación en la práctica pedagógica.

ABSTRACT Introduction: The graduation of competent general practitioners demand from them the learning of skills to solve the most common urgent health issues from early stages of the undergraduate level. Objective: To design a system of teaching tasks aiming to the development of problem-solving skills in the medicine student regarding common urgent health problems in adult patients. Method: During the school year 2017-2018, a qualitative-focused cross-sectional study was undertaken in the intensive care service at the General Teaching Hospital ¨Dr. Agostinho Neto¨. In the research, theoretical, empirical and mathematical-statistical methods were used. A pre experiment was carried out, applying a system of teaching tasks aimed to the goals already set, in a group of 25 randomly-selected students. Results: Self-evaluation of the students, and their performance in the exams showed an improvement in 64.0% of them, and the development of the skills required. Conclusions: From a theoretical point of view, is obvious that the resolution of urgent health problems is a keystone skill in the practitioners, due to the importance it has in their career. On that path, a system of tasks is developed in order to show the students how to improve on these skills, and the viability to make this tasks into the current teaching program is proved.

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Major depression is a prevalent psychiatric disorder among people living with HIV (PWH). Major depression symptoms, including suicidal ideation, can hinder clinical care engagement and anti-retroviral treatment adherence. Research suggests that inquiry about major depression symptomatology and suicidal ideation should be standard practice when offering primary care services to PWH. However, studies examining depression and suicidal ideation inquiry are scarce. This study's aim was to describe medical students' clinical skills for dealing with major depression symptomatology and suicidal ideation among PWH in Puerto Rico. A total of 100 4th year medical students participated in a Standardized Patient simulation with a trained actor posing as a PWH and with a previous major depression diagnosis. One-way frequency tables were used to characterize the sample and the percentage of each observed clinical skill. Two key findings stem from these results only 10% of the participants referred the patient to psychological/psychiatric treatment, and only 32% inquired about suicidal ideation. Our findings highlight the need for enhancing medical students' competencies regarding mental health issues, particularly when providing services to at risk populations such as PWH within primary care settings.

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In the dynamic process of curricular changes and improvements in the different specialties, knowledge, skills, attitudes and values have been taken into account; that is why new forms of study, supervision and evaluation of doctors in training have to be integrated. Recent experiences in our country try to introduce professional portfolios as assessment- learning tools in specialized postgraduate training. The portfolio is an instrument for evaluating the residents' training process that allows not only evaluating competencies, but fundamentally identifying what we should improve, allowing us to monitor the training media as they advance in the acquisition and development of competencies so that become a tool focused on helping us learn and at the same time provide elements to value the participation of tutors and their influence on learners. In the process of planning, designing and reviewing the portfolios, the training centers find an excellent opportunity to make a self-assessment of the consistency of their curricular structure, the clarity of the competences they seek to form and the evidence they may require in the training of its residents.

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Introducción: la formación en Psiquiatría tiene como primer desafío elegir los candidatos ideales para desempeñarse óptimamente como residentes, alcanzando las competencias necesarias para un posterior ejercicio de la especialidad. En general, no se cuenta con instrumentos específicos de selección de residentes, utilizándose diversas estrategias de elección de candidatos a la especialidad. El objetivo del presente estudio es identificar los atributos y los medios de selección que un grupo de académicos consideran necesarios al momento de seleccionar a los candidatos a sus programas de residencia en Psiquiatría. Metodología: se realizó una investigación cualitativa de tipo encuesta de percepción utilizando el Método Delphi. La encuesta se envió, por medio de una plataforma web, a todos los académicos del Departamento de Psiquiatría de la Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (n=39). Resultados: los atributos mencionados fueron agrupados en 8 dominios. Las principales categorías identificadas por los encuestados fueron: profesionalismo (41%), motivación por la especialidad (33%), habilidades de comunicación (13%) y estabilidad psicológica (12%). El principal instrumento mencionado para evaluar los atributos de los postulantes fue la entrevista personal. Las publicaciones científicas, las notas de pregrado y las cartas de recomendación son mencionadas secundariamente. Conclusiones: el actuar profesional en la acción médica, medido como profesionalismo, en este estudio es atributo esencial en un postulante a un programa de residencia en Psiquiatría. Aunque las entrevistas personales han demostrado poco valor predictivo con el rendimiento del residente durante su formación, siguen siendo un instrumento muy requerido en los procesos de selección de residentes.

Introduction: Training in Psychiatry has, as its first challenge, to choose the ideal candidates to perform optimally as residents, rea-ching the necessary skills for a subsequent exercise of the specialty. There are no specific instruments for selecting residents, but many different strategies are used to select proper candidates. The primary objective of this study is to recognize the attributes academics seek in a psychiatry residency applicant. The secondary objective was to identify the selection method academics thought as optimal.Methods: A qualitative investigation of perception was conducted using the Delphi Method. The perception survey was sent through a web platform to all academics of the Department of Psychiatry of the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (n = 39).Results: Attributes were grouped into eight domains. The main identified categories were: professionalism (41%), specialty interest (33%), communication skills (13%), and psychological balance (12%). A personal interview was seen as the current optimal selection method. Publications, undergraduate scores, and letters of recommendation were also taken into account.Conclusions: Professionalism, is seen as an essential attribute in an applicant for a psychiatry residency program. Although personal interviews have shown little predictive value related to the resident's performance during their training, they are still a very common and valued instrument used in the resident selection processes.

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Introducción: Evaluar el desarrollo cognitivo y procedimental del estudiante en la ejecución de las habilidades clínicas, es objetivo de la Propedéutica clínica. La mayoría de los estudiantes tienen dificultades al ejecutar estas habilidades, insuficiencias que se relacionan con la poca frecuencia que son evaluadas en la práctica y la preparación didáctica de los profesores asistenciales para realizar una evaluación sistemática. Objetivo: Profundizar en el estudio de la evaluación como proceso, a partir del análisis actualizado de los elementos que la componen. Métodos: Se realizó una revisión de documentos académicos que orientan la enseñanza en Propedéutica clínica y búsqueda en internet mediante Google académico con las siguientes palabras clave y sus combinaciones: evaluación, evaluación del aprendizaje, habilidades clínicas, formación médica, didáctica y propedéutica clínica. Desarrollo: La evaluación como proceso se manifiesta consustancial a la enseñanza, la acompaña, se pone al servicio de esta y valida la formación profesional que se desea. Para lograr el desarrollo de las habilidades clínicas en los estudiantes, los profesores deben apropiarse de conocimientos y herramientas didácticas que le permitan ejecutar un proceso evaluativo objetivo, coherente, sistemático, participativo y desarrollador, en las condiciones pedagógicas en que se produce la formación del médico. Conclusiones: Alcanzar calidad en la evaluación, demanda de la preparación didáctica de los profesores asistenciales, para que desde una concepción integradora puedan utilizarla en sus funciones formativa educativa y reguladora del proceso de enseñanza(AU)

Introduction: To evaluate the cognitive and procedural development of the student in the execution of the clinical skills, is the objective of the clinical Propaedeutics. The majority of students have difficulty in executing these skills, inadequacies that are related to the infrequency that are evaluated in practice and the didactic preparation of the teaching assistants to perform a systematic evaluation. Objective: To deepen the study of evaluation as a process, based on the updated analysis of the elements that comprise it. Methods: A review was made of academic documents that guide teaching in clinical Propaedeutics and Internet search using Google academic with the following keywords and their combinations: evaluation, evaluation of learning, clinical skills, medical training, didactic and clinical propaedeutics. Development: Evaluation as a process is manifested in the teaching, accompanies it, puts itself at the service of it and validates the professional training that is desired. To achieve the development of clinical skills in students, lecturers must own themselves knowledge and teaching tools that allow them to execute an objective, coherent, systematic, participatory and developing evaluation process, under the pedagogical conditions in which the physician's training takes place. Conclusions: To achieve quality in the evaluation, demand for the didactic preparation of the lecturers in health care, so that from an integrating conception they can use it in their educational and regulatory training functions of the teaching process(AU)

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Globally, health is regarded as a booming industry with greater stress being laid on high quality, accountability, and transparency. Traditional medical curricula rely primarily on clerkships during the clinical period of study to train clinical skills, while the preclinical period is mainly used to teach the basic sciences. In recent years, the early introduction of clinical skills training has received increased attention. This review aims to identify and summarize teaching approaches of clinical skills for medical students during preclinical years, namely, (1) framing objectives (2) learning activities, and (3) evaluation strategies. Although the clinical tutor's role is to ensure that students receive effective preclinical skills through different modes of learning (lectures, presentations, and problem-based learning), the role of advanced technologies, namely, simulation-based learning platforms and gamification are found to be very successful. To improve the communication skills, there is strong evidence in support of role plays, and similarly, for enhancing observation skills, an introduction of fine arts in clinical skills training was found to be very useful. Medical schools worldwide should give high priority to conduct faculty development programs on various aspects of training and teaching modalities, evaluation strategies, and improving the evaluation of various clinical skills. Students should be provided with sufficient learning opportunities including a well-equipped clinical skills laboratory and individual attention, and constructive feedback should be given to students for building their confidence level during their learning process.

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The aim of this study was to evaluate the feasibility and effectiveness of a mobile application as a supplementary tool in the radiographic diagnosis of endodontic complications by dental students. Radiographic images of the following endodontic conditions were selected: 1) absence of endodontic treatment (ET) without periapical lesion (PL); 2) absence of ET with PL; 3) satisfactory ET without PL; 4) satisfactory ET with PL; 5) unsatisfactory ET without PL; 6) unsatisfactory ET with PL; 7) fractured instrument; 8) deviated cast post; 9) root fracture; and 10) root resorption. In 2018, images were evaluated by 20 students at a dental school in Brazil who had been divided into experimental and control groups. The experimental group was permitted to use the Kahoot! mobile application (app) to access reference images of endodontic conditions. Reference standards were established through consensus by two endodontists and three oral radiologists. The results showed that intraobserver agreement ranged from moderate to substantial for both groups. Significant differences from the specialists' reference standards were found in the evaluation of conditions 4 and 10 for the experimental group, which used the app (p<0.001), and conditions 1, 4, 6, 7, 8, and 10 for the control group, which did not use the app (p<0.05). No statistically significant differences were found in accuracy, sensitivity, or specificity values between the groups for any of the endodontic conditions evaluated (p>0.05). This study found that the use of a mobile app containing reference images improved the students' ability to diagnose endodontic complications, suggesting it would be a valuable supplementary tool in dental education.

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