Academic results of dentistry students in the state exam in which their diversity was given attention

Abstract

Background: the attention given to student diversity is a complex task, but essential and necessary to achieve qualified graduates.Objective: to describe the quality results of the ordinary state exam obtained by students of dentistry in which their diversity was given attention, at the “Dr. Zoilo Enrique Marinello Vidaurreta” Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Medical Sciences of Las Tunas, during the academic year 2018-2019.Methods: a descriptive, longitudinal, retrospective study was carried out with the 91 fifth-year dentistry students, of the university and during the academic year already declared in the objective. The variables analyzed were: age, sex, entrance ways, academic grade, and results in the diagnostic and state exams. The data were processed according to descriptive statistics.Results: the majority of the graduates had entered the major from pre-university institutes. The main ages of completion of the major were 23 and 24 years, with a predominance of the female sex and students with an academic grade of medium performance. In the six theoretical diagnostic exams previous to the state exam continual improvements were observed. In the theoretical state exam medium academic performance (60,5 %) was more frequent, followed by high performance (28,5 %). The predominant final mark was higher than 80 points.Conclusions: the training through several diagnostic exams and other actions give attention to diversity could have favored the good results obtained in the state exams of the students included in the research.

Keywords

• dentistry
• students, dental
• individuality
• academic performance