Abstract

TRUJILLO SAINZ, Zenobia de la Caridad; GUERRA PANDO, José Antonio  and  HENRIQUEZ TRUJILLO, Daimy. The state examination, a useful reference to the methodological work of Dentistry specialty. Rev Ciencias Médicas [online]. 2012, vol.16, n.3, pp.226-235. ISSN 1561-3194.

Introduction: It is of public interest to guarantee the quality of the graduate, in every society university graduates are recognized as one of the major wealth of a country and the greatest social value. Objective: to examine the ways, styles and results of the state examinations during three stages to train human resources at dentistry specialty. Method:  a retrospective study was carried out in three stages choosing 60 state-examination certificates at random where the average qualifications and the opinion of the experts about the variables influencing on the quality of the ending results. Results:  A study carried out during the 80s and the 90s, the average of qualifications which assessed work-related competence were higher to the ones obtained in the state examinations of the final decade in the present century. The results obtained in 2008 and 2010 showed more homogenous trends with an increase in the average of qualifications at performance level and a decrease in competences. The quality of those entering the university influenced, in addition to the implementation of the new methodological along with the administrative work styles in the teaching staff conforming the discipline of integration. Conclusion: The state examination constitutes a moment in the system of the curricular evaluation, it contains a high methodological value to the work of the special didactics of the diverse teaching staffs that make up the Syllabus of dentistry studies.

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