Partnership has become so hackneyed a term that the question may be legitimately asked whether it is a fruitful concept or a mere slogan. Whatever the case, it corresponds to a threefold need: to link different but complementary sectors; to rethink cooperation from a different perspective; and to democratise relations between those involved in development. In order to analyse the prospects for partnership among African towns and cities, it is important to take into account, as fully as possible, the conditions specific to each society under review. The example of the partnership between the Université Cheikh Anta Diop in Dakar, the urban community of Dakar, and the Association of Mayors of Senegal might usefully be extended to the cities of West Africa as a whole.
Résumé Le partenariat est un terme tellement galvaudé qu’on peut légitimement se demander s’il est un slogan ou un concept fructueux. Néanmoins, il répond à un triple besoin : d’association de secteurs différents mais complémentaires ; de repenser autrement la coopération ; de démocratisation des relations entre les acteurs du développement. Pour analyser les perspectives du partenariat entre les villes africaines, il convient de tenir compte, autant que possible, des conditions propres à chaque société considérée. L’exemple de partenariat de l’Université Cheikh Anta Diop de Dakar avec la communauté urbaine de Dakar et l’Association des maires du Sénégal, pourrait être étendu aux villes de l’Afrique de l’Ouest.
Material and Methods: This was a cross-sectional descriptive study of 103 Master 1 and Master 2 students in dental surgery. The variables were related to items concerning framing, clinical teaching and assessment of clinical prosthodontics learning during the last 2 years of dental studies. Using the Likerts scale, the student had to make a quantitative assessment by assigning a score ranging from 1 to 5, depending on the degree of accreditation. The SPSS ® software version 17.0 was used for statistical analysis. The comparison of averages used the Student t test at 5% risk of error.
Results:The majority of the sample (79.6%) felt that the number of teachers was insufficient. Teachers were not available according to 51.4% of students. Training objectives were clearly defined for 81.5% of students. For 44.7% of them, the number of course hours was sufficient for clinical learning. Concerning the certification evaluation of learning, 66% of the students disapproved of the single final formula.
Conclusion:The practice of clinical teaching evaluation by students is an essential pillar of the overall approach to improve the prosthodontics teaching.
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