(PO-199) Using Objective and Visual Rubrics to Facilitate Student Learning
Monday, March 21, 2022
10:00am – 12:00pm EST
Location: Hall C
Author: Donald Lapine, D.M.D. – Assistant Professor, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, School of Dental Medicine Author: Eileen Hoskin, D.M.D. – Assistant Professor, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, School of Dental Medicine Author: Valerie Rico, D.M.D. – Associate Professor, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, School of Dental Medicine Author: Pinky Bhavsar, D.M.D. – Assistant Professor, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, School of Dental Medicine Author: Amey Patil, BDS, MSD, FACD – Assistant Professor, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, School of Dental Medicine Submitter: Donald Lapine, D.M.D. – Assistant Professor, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, School of Dental Medicine
A student’s inability to successfully visualize written rubrics for Operative preparations and restorations has been a continuing challenge within the preclinical simulation laboratory. In Academic Year 2020-2021, the Rutgers School of Dental Medicine Operative Dentistry Division rewrote the specifics for these rubrics and added drawings and visual representation to each. Specific errors and the corresponding degree of penalty for each can be clearly visualized.
Additional benefit of this improvement is faculty calibration and the removal of subjectivity from grading.
Objectives: To demonstrate improved student learning outcomes in the preclinical setting with clear, specific and visual representations of Operative preparations and restorations. In addition, to exemplify improved faculty calibration and grading objectivity.
Methods: For this study, the D2 Preclinical Operative Dentistry classes in 2019 and 2020 were compared. Each class challenged the same Practical exams. The D2 class in 2019 used prior rubrics and methods and the D2 class in 2020 used the enhanced more objectified rubrics and visual representations.
Results: The D2 class in 2019 whose learning included prior rubrics and methods had a class average for the year of 86.89%. In 2020, after using the new more specific and visual rubric the D2 class average was 90.76%. This was a significant improvement: a difference of 3.87%.
Conclusions: When students are provided with clear, specific and visual representations of Operative preparations and restorations their outcomes are more improved. Secondarily, with these new tools faculty calibration and grading objectivity are improved.
