Postdoctoral Periodontal Program Directors’ Perspectives of Resident Selection

Khan, Saba; Carmosino, Andrew J.; Yuan, Judy Chia Chun; Lucchiari, Newton; Kawar, Nadia; Sukotjo, Cortino

doi:10.1902/jop.2014.140313

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“…Khan their areas of strength and share any information that wasn't covered during the interview. 18 Faraz et al also found the essay to be an important factor in pediatric dentistry resident selection. 20 The least important factors were that the applicant is a graduate of the dental school where the program is located; ADAT scores; applicant's fluency in a second language; private practice experience; and publication or presentation in professional meetings.…”

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“…7 Dental school class rank and dental school clinical grades have been important in resident selection for several different advanced dental education programs including oral and maxillofacial surgery, prosthodontics, orthodontics, endodontics, and periodontics. 6,[16][17][18][19] Many programs valued dental school grades in the specified specialty. 18,19 This study's results demonstrated that the other parts of application increased in importance and in similar rank order as compared to 2005.…”

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“…6,[16][17][18][19] Many programs valued dental school grades in the specified specialty. 18,19 This study's results demonstrated that the other parts of application increased in importance and in similar rank order as compared to 2005. 2 However, the applicant's essay is higher in the rank order in 2018 than in 2005.…”

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“…Letters of recommendations are beneficial to evaluate applicants for advanced dental education. [17][18][19] Letters of recommendation are even more beneficial when written by faculty from the specific specialty. 6,16,17,19 Faraz et al found that pediatric dentistry program directors consider letters of recommendation to be among the most important factors in the application process and they were most valuable when they were from dental school pediatric faculty, pediatric department director/chairman, postgraduate residency attending, and pediatric program alumni.…”

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“…20 This is consistent with other dental specialties including oral surgery, prosthodontics, orthodontics, endodontics, and periodontics that also have a mandatory interview prior to accepting applicants. [16][17][18][19][20]23 In addition to program directors valuing the interview, applicants also benefit from the interview process since candidates often choose programs based on subjective impressions from the interview day, along with their perceptions of an optimal work environment. 24 The interview is a critical component of the admissions process for pediatric dentistry residency programs.…”

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Contemporary appraisal of factors influencing pediatric dental program directors' selection of residents

Justema¹,

Majewski

Salzmann

et al. 2020

Journal of Dental Education

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Purpose With the increasing number of applicants and changes to information available in applications, pediatric dentistry program directors must adapt the resident selection process. The evaluation approach was significantly impacted when the National Board Dental Examination (NBDE) changed to a pass/fail grading system. The purposes of this are study to examine what criteria pediatric dentistry program directors now use to select residents, and to evaluate current criteria against those used in the past. Methods A 30‐item survey was structured similar to a previous questionnaire used in 2005. An invitation to participate was sent via email to all pediatric dentistry program directors for the 82 Commission on Dental Accreditation (CODA)‐accredited programs located in the United States and Canada. Anonymous responses were analyzed. Results There were 58 responses (70.7% response rate). The overall most important factors were clinical grades, dental school class rank, dental school grade point average (GPA), and applicant's essay. The least important factors were the applicant being a graduate of the program's dental school, Advanced Dental Admission Test (ADAT) score, and applicant's fluency in a second language. The factor that had the most significant increase in importance from 2005 is the applicant's essay, followed by dental school reputation and the dental school's pediatric program reputation. Conclusions The most important factors to program directors are clinical grades, dental school class rank, dental school GPA, and applicant's essay. The applicant's essay has increased in importance since 2005.

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confidence: 99%

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Contemporary appraisal of factors influencing pediatric dental program directors' selection of residents

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Cross‐Sectional Analysis of National Dental Residency Match Data

Prakasam

Brady

Allareddy

et al. 2017

Journal of Dental Education

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The Dental Residency Match (DRM) program provides an ethical and unbiased selection process for applicants to postdoctoral dental programs, based on mutual interests of applicants and programs. The aims of this study were to conduct a descriptive analysis of DRM metrics for the years 2008 to 2015 and to test the hypothesis that there was a difference in number of ranks submitted between programs that filled all their offered positions and those that did not. DRM metrics data from years 2008 to 2015 were obtained from the National Matching Service. Trend analyses and panel data assessments were made. Six types of postdoctoral dental programs (GPR, AEGD, oral and maxillofacial surgery, pediatric dentistry, orthodontics, and dental anesthesiology) participate in the DRM program. The results showed that the number of programs participating and number of residency positions offered increased over the study period. The programs that filled all their positions ranked more applicants than the programs that did not fill their positions (p<0.05). The number of acceptable applicants increased over the study period for all programs except those in dental anesthesiology. These results suggest that participation in DRM is increasing, most programs are able to fill their positions with acceptable applicants, and programs seeking to fill all their positions need to submit a large number of ranks.

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