Competency Assessment of Final-Year Dental Students in Tunisia

Table 2

Self-rated skills moderately acquired at the end of the curriculum and their association with demographic variables.

Competency item		Competency assessment					Sex	Repeated grades
		Very competent N (%)	Competent N (%)	Not competent N (%)	Not at all competent N (%)	Do not know N (%)	value	value
1	C41: restoring proper occlusal vertical dimension	18 (12.4)	92 (63.4)	30 (20.4)	4 (2.8)	1 (0.7)	0.549	0.194
2	C14: establishing a multidisciplinary treatment plan	16 (11)	93 (64.1)	31 (21.4)	3 (2.1)	1 (0.7)	0.484	0.450
3	C47: diagnosing orthodontic treatment need	22 (15.2)	82 (56.6)	28 (19.3)	13 (8.9)	0 (00)	0.154	0.413
4	C3: displaying appropriate professional behaviour towards all members of the dental team	27 (18.6)	77 (53.1)	27 (18.6)	11 (7.6)	3 (2.1)	0.339	0.420
5	C37: performing a coronoradicular reconstitution	14 (9.1)	88 (60.7)	35 (24.1)	8 (5.6)	0 (00)	0.862	0.103
6	C39: designing effective partial dentures	23 (15.8)	88 (60.6)	27 (18.6)	6 (4.2)	1 (0.7)	0.343	0.041
7	C27: managing pulpal and periradicular disease and disorders	30 (20.7)	70 (48.3)	39 (26.9)	5 (3.4)	0 (00)	0.594	0.010
8	C45: treating children	24 (16.6)	76 (52.4)	34 (23.4)	8 (5.5)	3 (2.1)	0.017	0.400
9	C38: designing effective post crowns and bridges	11 (7.6)	83 (57.2)	45 (31)	4 (2.8)	2 (1.4)	0.458	0.400
10	C13: indicating appropriate clinical laboratory and other diagnostic procedures and tests	12 (8.3)	80 (55.2)	45 (31)	5 (3.4)	3 (2.1)	0.477	0.250
11	C17: providing oral hygiene instruction, topical fluoride therapy, and fissure sealing	16 (11)	73 (50.3)	41 (28.3)	14 (9.6)	1 (0.7)	0.312	0.146
12	C49: applying the principles of health promotion and disease prevention	16 (11)	70 (48.6)	44 (30.6)	15 (10.3)	0 (00)	0.860	0.008
13	C11: managing and avoiding the hazards of ionising radiation	19 (13.1)	58 (40)	42 (29)	26 (17.9)	0 (00)	0.985	0.160
14	C53: treating patients with special needs	11 (7.6)	64 (44.1)	54 (37.2)	16 (11)	0 (00)	0.020	0.480

Note. Bold values indicate P < 0.05.