Konings, Sterre (2022) De invloed van tandheelkundige vaardigheidstraining en de rol van student-gebonden factoren op algemene handvaardigheid en tandheelkundige handvaardigheid. thesis, Dentistry.
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Dentistry differs from many other academic studies because manual dexterity is a large part of the program. Some students experience more problems learning dental manual dexterity skills than others. Yet all students receive the same manual dexterity training. The student-related factors, such as innate qualities to learn a task and motivation, are not considered. The aim of this study is to determine how the student-related factors after manual dexterity training on the Skillslab influence the results of two general dexterity tests; the Purdue Pegboard Test (PPT) and the PPT with indirect vision (gPPT) and a dental dexterity test; ‘de resopalboortest’ (Rbt). The second aim is to determine whether there is an association between these tests. In this study, the PPT and gPPT were administered to twenty first-year dental students and seventeen first-year medical students. The Rbt was administered to fifteen dentistry and twelve medical students. The tests were performed at the start (t0) and halfway through the academic year (t1). To evaluate the results, the statistical analyzes mixed model ANOVA, Pearson correlation coefficient and Spearmans’ rank correlation coefficient were used. All students performed better on various tasks of the PPT and gPPT. However, on the task ‘with both hands simultaneously’ on the gPPT and on the Rbt, dental students scored better on t1 than medical students, respectively p < .014 and p < .007. On the task ‘tower’ of both the PPT and gPPT, dental- and medical students with a high score at t0 showed fewer improvement than peers with a low score at t0. An association between the results of the general dexterity tests and the dental dexterity test, was only observed for the ‘dominant hand’ task of the PPT with the Rbt in dental students (p < .05). It can be concluded that after six months dental manual dexterity training, dental students perform better on the task ‘with both hands simultaneously’ of the gPPT and on the Rbt. What the role of student-related factors is, should be investigated in follow-up research, in which the tests are administered at the end of the academic year and the focus is on performance on the test of the Skillslab.
| Item Type: | Thesis (UNSPECIFIED) |
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| Supervisor name: | Zijdewind, dr. C.A.T. |
| Faculty: | Medical Sciences |
| Date Deposited: | 08 May 2023 11:54 |
| Last Modified: | 08 May 2023 11:54 |
| URI: | https://umcg.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/3513 |
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