Illustration of self-perceived knowledge, skills, and interests in undergraduate dental students using a visual metaphor– results of a monocentric cross-sectional study

Table 2 Results of the perception of individual practical skills between groups. Data are presented as median (IQR)

	3rd year students (n = 25)	4th year students (n = 25)	5th year students (n = 25)	p value
Whole field of conservative dentistry and periodontology	72 (43–100)^a	52 (30–58)	29 (10–52)^a	< 0.01
Endodontology	76 (37–100)	80 (58–134)	55 (33–100)	0.23
Periodontology	135 (72–186)^ac	47 (33–70)^bc	12 (0–30)^ab	< 0.01
Cariology	80 (46–115)^ac	32 (14–63)^c	20 (9–40)^a	< 0.01
Restorative dentistry	100 (68–117)^ac	72 (33–87)^c	33 (10–82)^a	< 0.01
Preventive dentistry	104 (151 − 72)^ac	13 (3–25)^c	6 (0–15)^a	< 0.01

Values are given as the distance between the object and subject disc in millimeters, shown as the mean values and standard deviation
^aSignificant difference in post-hoc testing between the 3rd and 5th years (p ≤ 0.01)
^bSignificant difference in post-hoc testing between the 4th and 5th years (p ≤ 0.01)
^cSignificant difference in post-hoc testing between the 3rd and 4th years (p ≤ 0.01)

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