A Career in
Dentistry
OPEN DAY
July 2018
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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
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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
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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
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“Selection” procedure
Academic
potential
Personal
statement
Supporting
statement
UKCAT score
and SJT
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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
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UKCAT score
• Year specific
• Overall score used at
present
– No cut score!
• Banded and graded
• SJTs are also used in
our scoring
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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
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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.
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The multiple mini interview and
what to expect
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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
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Day and session effects…
•No statistically significant
difference noted between
days
•No statistically significant
difference noted between
sessions
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• “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
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Decision
• Conditional
– offer/ unconditional
• Requirements
– Health check
• Deadline “usually” 30th
June
– DBS check
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Confirmation
• Results
– UCAS then CU
– or Admissions Sub-
Committee Selection
Panel
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Then…..
… the journey begins
undergraduate
qualification
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