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A Career in

Dentistry

OPEN DAY

July 2018

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School of DentistryYr Ysgol Ddeintyddiaeth

Dental School Entry

Dr Robert McAndrewSenior Admissions Tutor

Clinical Senior Lecturer

and

Consultant in Restorative DentistryBDS, MSCD, PhD, FDS, FDS(Rest Dent)RCS,

DRD, MRDRCS(Ed), PGCE, FHEA

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The admissions team

• The Senior Admissions Tutor

• The Admissions Tutor

• The Dean

• The Vice Dean for student

affairs

• School Manager

• Admissions Officer

• Staff representation from the

course

School of DentistryYr Ysgol Ddeintyddiaeth www.cardiff.ac.uk

HOW TO APPLY INFORMATION

Cardiff: Admissions Policy

• Application through

UCAS

– A200 (5 years)

– A204 (6 years)

• Applications

independently assessed

and scored

• Rejections vetted

by 2 members of

staff

• Compulsory MMI


The numbers …

• 958 applications

• 441 males

• 517 females

• 601 applications

• 357 rejected

outright

• 240 interviewed

Applications received

Applications ranked

Multi-mini interviews

Conditional offers made


“Selection” procedure

Academic

potential

Personal

statement

Supporting

statement

UKCAT score

and SJT


Ranking of applications …

•Academic

•achievements and predictions

•Clinical aptitude test

•UKCAT (www.ukcat.ac.uk)

•Dentally related work experience

•reflective practice

•Non academic interests

•Attitudes and values

•Evidence of choice

•Contribution to school

•Validation of personal statement

Supporting

statement

contribution

to school


http://www.ukcat.ac.uk/

UKCAT score

• Year specific

• Overall score used at

present

– No cut score!

• Banded and graded

• SJTs are also used in

our scoring


http://www.gamsatuk.org/documents/GAMSATUKIB08.pdf

http://www.gamsatuk.org/documents/GAMSATUKIB08.pdf

Cardiff: Admissions Policy

• Application through

UCAS

– A200 (5 years)

– A204 (6 years)

• up to 8

• Applications

independently assessed

and scored

• Rejections vetted

by 2 members of

staff

• Compulsory MMI


Feedback

Difficulty in selection

Similarity in applications

TransparencyDefensibility

Streamlining process and

activity

Complaints

The need for progression…

•Challenges

associated with

conventional

interviews



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Selection of students

•However what about traits that are

not forthcoming from academic

performance, personal statements,

supporting statements etc

•Interview bias?

Successful student and “ultimately” successful health care worker

Knowledge of system

Critical thinking

Ethics

Communication skills

Empathy

Giving and receiving

instructions

Teamwork

Self awareness

Problem solving

Handling stress

Collegiality

Reliability and validity of interviewers’ judgements of medical school

candidiates. Harasym et al. Acad Med 1996; 71: s40-s42

An admissions OSCE: The multiple mini-

interview.

Eva et al. Med Educ 2004; 38: 314-326.


http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/dentistry

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Key contacts

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Dr Robert McAndrew

The multiple mini interview and

what to expect

http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/dentistry


© 2013 School of Dentistry, Cardiff University

MMI

•1st UK dental school, 2010

• now 1 of 12 of 15

•Good practice as

identified by recruiting

for excellence report

•240 interviews in one week

involving 40+ staff (of all

grades) and 10 students,

over 12 stations (1 or 2 rest

stations)

•On-line booking facility

•Harsh reality that

sometimes a choice will

need to me made

COMMUNICATION

… which this year …

Dentistry

Logic and instruction

giving

Professionalism

Manual dexterity

Breaking bad news

Innovation and imagination

Reasoning

Reflective practice

Data interpretation

Problem solving

•10 stations (1 or 2 rest stations)

•2 minutes in pre-station

•5 minutes in station

•Each station scored

•Communication skills

•Ability in topic area

•Suitability for the

profession (Global ranking)

•Rejection or acceptance

•Mean overall score

•Suitable global ratings at

the majority if stations

•Evaluation

•Applicants

•Interviewers


Day and session effects…

•No statistically significant

difference noted between

days

•No statistically significant

difference noted between

sessions


• “No - I think it's a great system, it was easy to get relaxed after one station and I think it was great to have so many skills were tested”

• “I was very nervous and did not communicate my thoughts as effectively as I could have”

• “Some of the stations were unexpected so really tested both my mental and physical skills (but in a good way)”

• “…. didn't get chance to talk about stuff I wanted to - work experience, personal interests etc.”

Lack of control

Preparedness

Comparison with a

conventional interview

Anxiety and nervousness


Decision

• Conditional

– offer/ unconditional

• Requirements

– Health check

• Deadline “usually” 30th

June

– DBS check


Confirmation

• Results

– UCAS then CU

– or Admissions Sub-

Committee Selection

Panel


Then…..

… the journey begins

undergraduate

qualification



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