Publications by authors named "Simon James Stone"

Article Synopsis
  • - Different dental schools use various methods to evaluate final assessments, commonly relying on objective structured clinical examinations or multiple long cases to measure applied knowledge and skills.
  • - As the education landscape evolves, it's crucial to reconsider which skills should be evaluated and how, focusing on attributes that define a qualified dentist, like effective communication and case management.
  • - A new dynamic assessment approach has been introduced, featuring interactive scenarios with shifting clinical situations, designed to better evaluate essential skills such as communication, clinical reasoning, and professionalism among graduates.
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Background: The increasingly competitive global higher education sector recognises the impact of teaching quality and a strong student voice. This means that student satisfaction is under increasing scrutiny; however, little is known about how clinical teachers actually teach. At present, the relationship between actual patterns of individual dental student-clinician interaction and student satisfaction is unclear.

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