Self directed learning in the undergraduate dental curriculum
- Resource Type
- Authors
- Alison Jones; Heather Fry
- Source
- British Dental Journal. 179:373-376
- Subject
- Male
Program evaluation
education
law.invention
Societies, Dental
law
Surveys and Questionnaires
Humans
Time management
Education, Dental
General Dentistry
Curriculum
Analysis of Variance
Medical education
Time Management
Problem-Based Learning
United Kingdom
Term (time)
Variation (linguistics)
Problem-based learning
Autodidacticism
CLARITY
Female
Psychology
Program Evaluation
- Language
- ISSN
- 1476-5373
0007-0610
An evaluation of self-directed learning (SDL) in the clinical curriculum was undertaken at the Dental School of the London Hospital Medical College in 1995. Surveys of staff and students produced evidence of variation in viewpoint within and between groups concerning what the term means and how valuable a tool for learning it is. Lack of clarity of definition and purpose of SDL in General Dental Council guidance is highlighted and linked to the desirability of giving further consideration to SDL.