Rethinking Assessment Concepts in Dental Education

Table 1

Summary of the studies included in the review.

Author, date	Sample size	Students	Preclinical assessment	Clinical assessment	Correlated faculty assessment
Furness 2018 et al. [12]	1	N/A	Planmeca compare software (crown preparations)	N/A	Yes
Lee 2018 et al. [13]	69	Third year	Self-assessment and faculty assessment; conventional vs. digital software (operative)	N/A	Yes
Sadid-Zadeh 2018 et al. [10]	9	Second year	Compare software (crown preparation)	N/A	Yes
Sadid-Zadeh 2018 et al. [14]	9	Second year	Compare software (crown preparations)	N/A	Yes
Sadid-zadeh 2018 et al. [15]	505	Second year	Compare software (crown preparations)	N/A	Yes
Shahriari-Rad 2017 et al. [16]	140	First/second year	Virtual haptic simulator (operative)	N/A	Yes
Lee 2017 et al. [17]	71	Third year	Self-assessment (operative)	N/A	Yes
Sly 2017 et al. [18]	98	First year	Compare software (operative)	N/A	Yes
Gottlieb 2017 et al. [19]	282	First/second year	Advanced simulation training	N/A	Yes
De Peralta 2017 et al. [20]	104	First year	Multisource assessment (operative)	N/A	Yes
Gratton 2017 et al. [21]	79	Second year	Compare and prepCheck software (crown preparation)	N/A	Yes
Gratton 2016 et al. [22]	80	Second year	E4D compare and sirona prepCheck software (crown preparation)	N/A	Yes
Zou 2016 et al. [23]	38	First year	Computerized cavity preparation evaluation system (operative)	N/A	Yes
Garrett 2015 et al. [24]	57	First year	Digital evaluation tool (dental anatomy wax-up)	N/A	Yes
McPherson 2015 et al. [25]	66	Not mentioned	Self-assessment software	N/A	Yes
Callan 2015 et al. [26]	10	Not mentioned	E4D compare software (crown preparation)	N/A	Yes
Callan 2014 et al. [27]	6 methods	N/A	CAD CAM assessment software (crown preparation)	N/A	N/A
Velayo 2014 et al. [28]	301	First to fourth year (cohort)	Preclinical performance	Preclinical performance as an indicator (operative and fixed prosthodontics)	Not mentioned
Mays 2014 and Levine [29]	25	First year	Using CAD CAM for self-assessment (operative)	N/A	Yes
Graham 2013 et al. [30]	145	Not mentioned	Comprehensive preclinical OSCE	Preclinical OSCE as a predictor for clinical performance.	Yes
Renne 2013 et al. [31]	50	Second year	E4D compare software (crown preparation)	N/A	Yes
Nunez 2012 et al. [32]	86	Fourth year	Preclinical typodont score as a predictor for clinical performance (fixed prosthodontics).	Preclinical typodont score as a predictor for clinical performance (fixed prosthodontics).	Yes
Urbankova and and Engebretson 2011 [33]	38	First year	Computer-assisted dental simulation (operative)	N/A	No
Boushell 2011 et al. [34]	81	First year	Learn-A-Prep II (operative)	N/A	Yes