Syed Gulzar Ali Bukhari, Usman Mahboob, Nighat Ara.
Developing Consensus Over Course Contents Of Undergraduate Oral And Maxillofacial Surgery Curriculum.
Pak Oral Dental J Jan ;37(1):19-25.

The objective was to develop consensus over oral & maxillofacial surgery course contents for Pakistani undergraduate dental students using Modified Delphi technique. This study was conducted in the Institute of Health Professions Education & Research, Khyber Medical University, Peshawar from Jan, 2015 to June, 2016. The study comprised two iterative rounds of opinion seeking Delphi survey based on Pakistan Medical & Dental Council (PMDC) Oral & maxillofacial undergraduate syllabus, interspersed with three sessions of meetings with the subject experts. The response rate on Likert scale to the first round was 89% (33/37) whereas to the second round was 82% (27/33). The analysis of the first round revealed, four items in the theory and seven items in the practical could not achieve consensus. In the second round theory topics were divided into the categories of essential (21), important (5), supplementary (3) and questionable (2) as final consensus. The practical topics were divided into the categories of essential (3), important (1), supplementary (5) and questionable (3) as final consensus The ranking of the contents is based on significance in the syllabus as essential, important, supplementary and questionable so as to align the contents with other curricular contents especially assessment.

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