East Carolina University School of Dental Medicine

Ranking Students by Competencies

R. Todd Watkins, Jr. DDS watkinsr@ecu.edu

Quantitative Assessments

• Basic Didactic Instruments

• Problem-Based Learning

• Clinical Production (by ReVU not dollars)

Qualitative Assessments

• Applied Didactic Instruments (OSCE)

• Case-Based Learning

• Qualitative Skills Assessments (Comp Exams)

Grids

• Automatic Rankings for

–Didactic Performance

–Case-Based Performance

–Clinical Performance

–Overall Performance

Didactic Performance Grid

Case-Based Performance Grid

Clinical Performance Grid

Overall Performance Grid

True Picture

• Our goal is to provide a true picture of each student’s strengths and weaknesses.

• The best didactic student is not always the best clinician.

• The best clinical performer is not always the best resident.

• XComP is built to track all relevant performance factors.