Predicting success in dental school.

Layton, Wilbur L.

doi:10.1037/h0061278

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“…Several studies examined more general dental school admissions factors and the relationship with performance in dental school anatomy. Three studies (Layton, ; Wood, ; Lee et al, ) all demonstrated a positive correlation between pre‐professional GPA and the performance in dental gross anatomy. Kramer () correlated both the undergraduate and science GPA, along with the DAT academic average, to the performance on the anatomy section on the NBDE.…”

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Perceived Benefits of Anatomy Coursework Prior to Medical and Dental School

Robertson

Thompson

Notebaert

2019

Anatomical Sciences Ed

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Student struggles in gross anatomy coursework at the professional level can result in hours of remediation along with a need to allot time and other resources by both the student and the faculty. Since this course typically occurs in the first semester of the first year, programs can turn to admissions data to try to determine which of these students may struggle. This study looked at two years of medical (n = 280) and dental (n = 78) students to determine if there is a relationship between pre‐admissions anatomy coursework and performance in gross anatomy at the professional school level. Students provided data regarding their past anatomy coursework and final grades in professional school gross anatomy courses were obtained. In addition, students responded to questions regarding their feelings of preparation and how they valued the prior anatomy coursework as it related to the professional course. Statistical analysis showed no difference in final course grade between students with and without prior anatomy in either program. Counter to the numerical data, 96.6% of the students in the study recommended an anatomy course prior to pursuing a health science degree. The primary reasons given for this recommendation were the benefits of repeated content exposure, knowledge of the anatomy terminology, and decreased stress regarding the course. The results from this study suggest that the benefits of prior anatomy may be seen more in the students’ stress and quality of life rather in the numerical performance of course grades.

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Perceived Benefits of Anatomy Coursework Prior to Medical and Dental School

Robertson

Thompson

Notebaert

2019

Anatomical Sciences Ed

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“…A carving dexterity test for dental students (Anderson and Friedman, 1952;Layton, 1953;Moore and Peel, 1951;Webb, 1956;Weiss, 1952).…”

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Realistic Work Sample Tests: A Review

Asher

Sciarrino

1974

Personnel Psychology

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INFORMATION with the highest validity seems to have a pobnt-topoint correspondence with the criterion. For instance, in a review article of the scorable application blank, Asher (1972) concluded that biographical information showed substantially higher predictive validity when job proficiency was the criterion, than other predictors including tests of intelligence, personality, interest, perception, motor skill, and mechanical ability.The generalization seemed t o be that factual and verifiable historical information about applicants was the best predictor of future performance in specific positions. This implication was based on comparisons with tests designed t o measure "simple" dimensions. Simple in this context means a pure or single dimension of behavior.If there is merit in a theory about predictive power in a pointto-point connection between the predictor and criterion space, then tests of single dimensions should be less powerful predictors than more complex tests such as work sample tests designed to be a miniature replica of the criterion task. The intention was not to include in this review ready-made standardized tests, but only work samples especially created for specific criterion tasks.In a search of the literature, work sample tests were classified into the categories of either motor or verbal. A work sample was identified as "motor" if the task was a physical manipulation of things as, for example, tracing a complex electrical circuit, operating a sewing machine, making a tooth from plaster, or repairing a gear box. A work sample test was classified as "verbal" if there was a problem situation that was primarily language-oriented or people-oriented. For instance, the in-basket problem required the subject to deal with a set of materials which a company manager

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“…In a separate study, Layton (1953) has also shown the SOV predictive of success as a dental stu dent (r=.49). The relationship between the SOV and success in a clothing construction course has also been demonstrated (r=.34) (Patson, 1952).…”

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Individual differences in imaging behavior: vividness and controllability

Switras

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Predicting success in dental school.

Cited by 8 publications

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Perceived Benefits of Anatomy Coursework Prior to Medical and Dental School

Perceived Benefits of Anatomy Coursework Prior to Medical and Dental School

Realistic Work Sample Tests: A Review

Individual differences in imaging behavior: vividness and controllability

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