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Chapter 464Figure 210 20 30 40 Total self−efficacy score0 5 10 15 20 25Number of treated root canalsACTA standardACTA extendedAUStudents’ self-efficacy (total self-efficacy score) plotted against number of treated root canals on patients.All participants completed the Endodontic General Self-Efficacy Scale. For each of the three programmes, the distribution of the students’ responses to the ten questions of the Endodontic General Self-Efficacy Scale (Table 1) is shown in Figure 1. In all programmes, the students’ self-efficacy increased with the number of treated root canals (Figure 2). The students at AU and the students attending the standard programme at ACTA had similar self-efficacy profiles, whereas the students attending the extended programme at ACTA had in general higher selfefficacy scores. The results of three multiple regression analyses with total selfefficacy score as the dependent variable are shown in Table 5. Model 1 revealed that the self-efficacy was significantly higher for students in the extended programme at ACTA than for students in the standard programme at ACTA. The self-efficacy of students from AU did not differ significantly from that of students in the standard programme at ACTA. However, when the number of treated root canals was included in the analysis (Model 2), it was revealed that the students at AU had significantly lower self-efficacy than those of the standard programme at ACTA, and the difference between the standard and the extended programmes Annemarie Baaij.indd 64 28-06-2023 12:26