2. Advanced Dental Admission Test (ADAT)
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3. Background
Dental Boards(NBDE) – purpose to distinguish whether someone is minimally qualified to safely administer dentistry.
Not good for comparison
Taken multiple times
Exam security
More schools are opening as pass/fail or switching to pass/fail
The ADAT will distinguish “best of the best”
2012 – candidate scores were no longer provided for those who passed the NBDE 1 or 2
Programs seeking to better compare applicants

4. What is the ADAT? ADA started test development in 2014
Computer based examination, administered through Pearson, designed to help advanced dental education program directors to quantitatively assess, rank, and compare applicants.
Designed to assess critical thinking skills. Exam will ask students to demonstrate higher order thinking.
Used in conjunction with other assessment tools
200 questions in 4 hours and 20 minutes, 15 minutes for an introduction and 15 minutes of a post-exam survey.
This is a new examination – certain details of the program should be expected to change and evolve over time
- Everything on this presentation is reflects the current status of the ADAT

5. Candidates
Individuals interested in Advanced Dental Education Programs
Eligibility closely resembles NBDE criteria
This includes
- Current dental students (3rd & 4th years)
- Current US dentist
- International Students .

6. When and how much? Cost Administration Dates Retesting Policy
- April 3rd through August 31st of 2017
- Smaller testing window lessens possibility of security breaches
Retesting Policy
- 2x per calendar year. 45 days in-between attempts
- After 2 attempts you must provide proof you are actively applying
Cost
- 350$
- Additional ADAT score Reports are 35$
Limiting the testing dates will protect the validity of the exam
After two attempts – the examinee must prove they are actively applying to advance dental education programs.

7. What will the test look like?
2016
2017

8. What will the test look like?
Will include cases
Written by Content Experts
Biomedical sciences: 20 anatomic sciences, 20 biochemistry-physiology, 20 microbiology-pathology, 20 dental anatomy and occlusion
- Basically a harder more in depth version of NBDE pt. 1 and 2

9. How will the exam be scored?
Scaled score ranging from 200 to 800
Target mean: 500
Target Standard Deviation: 100
Score reported in increments of 10
# of correct responses not reported
Scores will be reported for the following four scales:
1. ADAT Score: an overall score that is computed based on performance on all ADAT items.
2. Biomedical Sciences 
3. Clinical Sciences 
4. Data and Research Interpretation 
You will not receive immediate feedback – should take 4-6 weeks to weigh and scale everybody
Not raw score – is converted into a scaled score. Guessing doesn’t hurt you

10. Results Reporting
- Scores are reported to programs selected by candidate at time of application
Scores are made available through ADEA PASS and an online reporting Portal (DTS HUB)

11. Administration Schedule

12. How do we prepare? The ADA has provided: - Practice exam
- Reference Texts ( where they pulled the questions from)
Study really hard for NBDE Part 1 and 2
Students said they used combination of:
- First Aid
- Mosbys
- Mastery App
Study guide will be provided in Dec

13. Who Utilized the ADAT

15. Reflections on 2016 ADAT Generally Speaking ADAT is performing well
DTS Removed non-performing items from scoring as soon as they were detected
Issues:
- Principles of Ethics/Patient management scale underperformed and has been removed as a scale but the questions have been integrated into other sections
Reliability coeffiecient – How well the results actually reflect on the test takers knowledge

16. Student Reflections Allotted testing time was not limiting
Fatigued after NBDE pt. 2
Typos on the exam
Errors on the online practice exam
Don’t send to any schools
- Get results back first then spend the 35$
- Once you send to one school , all schools can see that you have taken it may ask you to share the results

17. Where can I get more info?
Visit the website!!!
Test specifications, FAQ, presentations, etc.
careers/advanced-dental-admission-test/
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