Forecasting the Success of Freshman Dental Students Through the Aptitude Testing Program

Peterson, Shailer

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“…1 The MDT was originally introduced by the American Dental Association in the late 1940s as one of a battery of admissions tools designed to reduce attrition rates in U.S. dental schools since, in the mid-1940s, some dental schools had attrition rates approaching 50%. 2,[4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15] After the MDT was implemented as an admissions tool to eliminate applicants with poor manual dexterity skills, subsequent studies found correla-tions of MDT with psychomotor skills development courses among the admitted students to be generally low. Initially, the MDT was administered to students already admitted into dental schools.…”

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“…3 The results indicated a wide range of manual dexterity abilities, and the MDT results were highly correlated with performance in psychomotor skill development (technique) courses. 2,[4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15] After the MDT was implemented as an admissions tool to eliminate applicants with poor manual dexterity skills, subsequent studies found correla-tions of MDT with psychomotor skills development courses among the admitted students to be generally low. [16][17][18][19] This was likely due to the fact that applicants with low MDT scores had not been accepted into dental programs.…”

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Value of the Manual Dexterity Test as a Screening Tool for Dental School Admissions

Cleghorn

Brillant

Kraglund

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Journal of Dental Education

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The Manual Dexterity Test (MDT) was originally developed in the 1940s as part of the American Dental Association's Dental Aptitude Test to assist in reducing high attrition rates in U.S. dental schools. The Perceptual Motor Ability Test (PMAT) replaced the MDT in 1972 in the U.S., but the MDT continues to be available in Canada. The MDT was originally developed to be used as a screening tool to eliminate those applicants who demonstrated poor psychomotor skills, and it was very effective in doing so. The MDT has been subsequently criticized for not being an effective predictor of performance in dental school. The aim of this study was to determine the level of correlation between MDT scores and psychomotor skills assessment scores in preclinical psychomotor skills courses in the DDS program at Dalhousie University. Three key preclinical psychomotor skills courses were identified, and their course coordinators were asked to identify students who had been accepted into the program but had extremely weak psychomotor skills. Those students’ psychomotor skills scores were then compared to their MDT scores. The results showed that when the student had an MDT score of 10 or less, there was high sensitivity (though low specificity) in identifying students with extremely weak psychomotor skills. Those students with MDT scores of 11 or above were unlikely to have difficulties in psychomotor skills courses. These findings support the MDT's use as a screening tool in the admissions process and a minimum cut‐off score of 11 out of 30.

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Value of the Manual Dexterity Test as a Screening Tool for Dental School Admissions

Cleghorn

Brillant

Kraglund

et al. 2018

Journal of Dental Education

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“…Many workers, particularly in the United States, have made efforts to identify the factors motivating students to embark on a dental career and also to identify the personality characteristics of these students by using a variety of different standardized personality inventories (Dworkin, 1967; Gershen & McCrearey, 1977; Emling et al , 1980; Silberman et al , 1982). Further studies have attempted to predict academic success in relation to particular personality traits, but the results in general have been disappointing (Peterson, 1948; Kalis et al , 1962; Glyn‐Jones, 1979).…”

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An exploration of the attitudes, personality and performance of dental students

Reeve

Watson²

1985

Medical Education

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This study investigates (1) the behavioural patterns, performance and attitudes to dentistry and (2) the personality traits, in male and female dental students (n = 219) studying at Cardiff Dental School. The first part deals with the results of a questionnaire investigating aspects of the students' training course, interests in various fields of dentistry, the level of frustration, anxiety and fatigue felt, the overall feelings of satisfaction and dissatisfaction produced in their dental course, their reasons for entering dentistry and their hopes for a future career, as well as their various leisure and spare-time activities. The second part examines the personality traits of clinical stage students (n = 123) based on Cattell's personality questionnaire, the 16 PFQ form C. The results were correlated with students' 'A' level grades, interview grades, clinical examination results and responses to some items of the general questionnaire. It was possible to identify certain characteristics in dental students which implied likely success in their dental examinations. This may have a useful implication for the initial selection of those wishing to practise dentistry.

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“…to grades in dental school (Peterson, 1948). In a separate study, Layton (1953) has also shown the SOV predictive of success as a dental stu dent (r=.49).…”

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Individual differences in imaging behavior: vividness and controllability

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Forecasting the Success of Freshman Dental Students Through the Aptitude Testing Program

Cited by 7 publications

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Value of the Manual Dexterity Test as a Screening Tool for Dental School Admissions

Value of the Manual Dexterity Test as a Screening Tool for Dental School Admissions

An exploration of the attitudes, personality and performance of dental students

Individual differences in imaging behavior: vividness and controllability

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