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March 12, 2026BMC Medical EducationOpen Access

Dental students’ perceptions of preclinical and clinical skills training: a comparison between tuition-free and tuition-based schools

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SMShabahang MalekiMFMehran FalahchaiEJElham Jafari

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Cross-sectional study compares training perceptions in tuition-free and tuition-based dental schools, indicating key differences.

Key Points

  • This study aims to compare dental students' perceptions of preclinical and clinical skills training at different types of educational institutions.
  • Cross-sectional design with 195 undergraduate dental students
  • Comparative analysis between two schools: tuition-free and tuition-based
  • Questionnaire with 23 assessment items including demographic data
  • Statistical analysis at a 0.05 significance level
  • Perceived quality of preclinical training was generally rated good
  • Clinical training was perceived as moderate overall
  • No significant difference in preclinical training perceptions (p = 0.632)
  • Tuition-based school had significantly higher clinical training perceptions (p < 0.001)
  • Gender significantly affected preclinical training perceptions only in the tuition-free school (p = 0.034)

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Maleki et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69b257a296eeacc4fcec6729https://doi.org/10.1186/s12909-026-08945-x
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