Pradeep Dathan¹, K Chandrasekharan Nair²*, Bhimalingesvara Rao³ and Mohan Kumar T⁴

¹Professor and Head of the Department of Prosthodontics, Sri Sankara Dental College, Akathumuri, Thiruvavananthapuram, Kerala, India
²Professor Emeritus, Department of Prosthodontics, Sri Sankara Dental College, Akathumuri, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India
³Professor of Prosthodontics, Vishnu Dental College, Bhimavaram, Andhra Pradesh, India
⁴Professor of Prosthodontics, College of Dental Sciences and Hospital, Rau, Indore, India

*Corresponding Author: K Chandrasekharan Nair, Professor Emeritus, Department of Prosthodontics, Sri Sankara Dental College, Akathumuri, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India.

Received: September 01, 2021; Published: September 27, 2021

Citation: K Chandrasekharan Nair., et al. “Skills Training in Prosthodontics - A Report". Acta Scientific Dental Sciences 5.10 (2021): 109-112.

Abstract

  Skills training in Prosthodontics, requires time, teachers and repetitions by the students. When proficiency is achieved, performance of skill becomes automatic. Pandemic has deprived the students from attending practical and clinical classes. Professionally it is a great loss for the present day students. Basics of skill training, effect of the pandemic on skill training, compensatory mechanisms to be adopted and competency based training and assessment are discussed in this report.

Keywords: Skills Training; Repetition of Skills; Proficiency; Evolution of Skills Training; Pandemic

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