Comparative Achievement on National Dental Board Examination Part I Between Dental Students in Problem-Based Learning and Traditional Educational Tracks.

A study compared the performance on a national licensing examination of University of Southern California dental students in problem-based learning (PBL) versus those in conventional educational tracks. PBL track students scored significantly higher in all four discipline-based portions of the exam and also in the aggregate, and scored well in comparison with the performance of dental students nationally. (MSE)