日本大学松戸歯学部臨床実習視察報告

Clinical training inspection at Nihon University School of Dentistry at Matsudo was carried out on February 15, 2013, and useful information for clinical training was collected. The clinical training begins in April of the fifth grade, and it ends in June of the sixth grade. The patients are handed over from sixth- to fifth-year students in pair-policlinic training, which is carried out in the first month of clinical training. The number of patients is approximately 20 per student. Objective structured clinical achievement tests (OSCAT) are conducted at a later stage of the fifth grade, and subjects of OSCAT perform a medical interview, composite resin filling, root canal therapy, SRP, muscle trimming, tooth extraction, and vital sign checks. OSCAT is carried out in the testing time from 4 to 20 minutes. Subjects which are difficult to evaluate with such a practical test such as case analysis and treatment strategy development are tested by the written examinations. We are discussing the adoption of OSCAT at the end of the clinical training in our university, serving as a useful and helpful reference. The clinical training is completed by June of the sixth grade, and then classroom lectures are started to prepare for the graduation examination with multiple choice questions (MCQ) in December.