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Elevating clinical licensing examinations to professional testing standards

A J Formicola¹, R Lichtenthal, H J Schmidt

¹Columbia University School of Dental and Oral Surgery, USA.

The New York State Dental Journal

|March 20, 1998

Summary

Concerns are rising about dental licensure exams. A Columbia study found no link between in-school and NERB exams, questioning their validity for assessing readiness for dental practice.

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Area of Science:

Dental Education
Professional Licensure Examinations

Background:

Clinical licensure examinations for dental graduates face increasing scrutiny regarding their effectiveness.
Concerns exist about whether these exams accurately differentiate between candidates prepared for independent practice and those who are not.

Purpose of the Study:

To evaluate the validity and reliability of current clinical licensure examinations for dental graduates.
To assess if the National Board Dental Examination (NBDE) or regional examining boards (e.g., NERB) accurately predict clinical competency.

Main Methods:

A study at Columbia University analyzed the correlation between student performance on in-school clinical examinations and performance on the NERB examinations.
Examined trends in regional failure rates for specific examination components, such as the prosthodontics manikin examination.

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Main Results:

No significant correlation was found between student performance on in-school clinical examinations and their scores on the NERB examinations.
A recent increase in the regional failure rate for the prosthodontics manikin examination suggests potential reliability issues.

Conclusions:

The findings question the concurrent validity of the NERB clinical examinations.
Urgent action is recommended to align clinical licensing examinations with national guidelines for dental licensing agencies, ensuring they are both valid and reliable assessments of dental practice readiness.