abstract
British Dental Journal 186, 138 - 142 (1999)
Published online: 13 February 1999 | doi:10.1038/sj.bdj.4800043
Dental school selection:
An analysis of an admissions system: can performance in the first year of the dental course be predicted?
G Hoad-Reddick1 & T V Macfarlane2
- Senior Tutor for Undergraduate Dental Studies and Student Affairs, Turner Dental School, The University of Manchester, Higher Cambridge Street, Manchester M15 6FH
- Lecturer in Dental Statistics, Turner Dental School, The University of Manchester, Higher Cambridge Street, Manchester M15 6FH
- This paper gives the reader some insight into the admissions process. This will help GDPs who are often asked to advise prospective applicants
- Pupils present for admission to dental schools from a wide variety of schools; they have different life experiences and take different types of examinations. The effects of different GCSE examination type on A-level performance and of the type of school on subjects offered means that admissions tutors will have a better understanding of some of the background problems affecting admissions
- The analysis of A-level subjects offered in relation to Year I results will influence admissions policy especially with respect to A-level biology
Abstract
The admissions process must be scrupulously fair and select the most suitable students. Data on applicants to the Manchester Dental School for the 1996/97 academic year were analysed. The aims of this project were to: describe the applicants using information from the UCAS (university entrance) form; to relate information from the UCAS form to interview performance and A-level results; and to evaluate whether these factors can predict performance during the first year of the course.
