PMID- 16522754
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20060418
LR  - 20060308
IS  - 0022-0337 (Print)
IS  - 0022-0337 (Linking)
VI  - 70
IP  - 3
DP  - 2006 Mar
TI  - Dental Admission Test scores and performance on NBDE Part I, revisited.
PG  - 258-62
AB  - The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between performance on 
      the Dental Admission Test (DAT) and Part I of the National Board Dental 
      Examination (NBDE Part I) for students at the Harvard School of Dental Medicine 
      (HSDM). This study was a retrospective cohort study, examining HSDM students over 
      an eight-year period. Data regarding DAT and NBDE Part I scores were obtained 
      from the Office of the Registrar. Descriptive statistics were computed for all 
      study variables. Multiple linear regression analyses were subsequently computed 
      to examine the relationship between DAT subtest scores and performance on NBDE 
      Part I subtests. Goodness of fit for the models was evaluated using the R-squared 
      value. Statistically significant associations were those with p-value =0.05. Data 
      were available for 244 students who matriculated at HSDM during the period of 
      1995-2002. DAT reading comprehension scores were statistically significantly 
      associated with performance on all four subsections of the NBDE Part I. DAT 
      general and organic chemistry scores were associated with performance on the 
      microbiology and pathology subtest of NBDE Part I. Performance on the perceptual 
      ability test was associated with performance on the dental anatomy and occlusion 
      subtest. Performance on the DAT reading comprehension subtest was the most 
      reliable predictor of performance on the NBDE Part I. However, the variability in 
      NBDE Part I scores is not accounted for significantly by variability in DAT 
      scores.
FAU - Bergman, Adam V
AU  - Bergman AV
AD  - Harvard School of Dental Medicine, Office of Dental Education, 188 Longwood 
      Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
FAU - Susarla, Srinivas M
AU  - Susarla SM
FAU - Howell, T Howard
AU  - Howell TH
FAU - Karimbux, Nadeem Y
AU  - Karimbux NY
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - United States
TA  - J Dent Educ
JT  - Journal of dental education
JID - 8000150
SB  - IM
MH  - Boston
MH  - *Clinical Competence
MH  - Cohort Studies
MH  - *College Admission Test
MH  - Education, Dental/*statistics & numerical data
MH  - Forecasting
MH  - Humans
MH  - *Licensure, Dental
MH  - Linear Models
MH  - Models, Educational
MH  - Retrospective Studies
MH  - Schools, Dental
MH  - *Specialty Boards
EDAT- 2006/03/09 09:00
MHDA- 2006/04/19 09:00
CRDT- 2006/03/09 09:00
PHST- 2006/03/09 09:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2006/04/19 09:00 [medline]
PHST- 2006/03/09 09:00 [entrez]
AID - 70/3/258 [pii]
PST - ppublish
SO  - J Dent Educ. 2006 Mar;70(3):258-62.