Fentist Posted April 27, 2021 Report Share Posted April 27, 2021 Hello, I am a current 1st year dental student. I heard that dental students canada wide did not do well on the boards, I was wondering why that is Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dentistrydmd Posted April 27, 2021 Report Share Posted April 27, 2021 First time the exam was digital. Reduced class time and clinical experience due to covid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QWERTY123456789 Posted April 27, 2021 Report Share Posted April 27, 2021 I've heard this too and I'm worried since I'll be taking the one in May. My classmates say that they believe that the scores weren't adjusted this year and that is why the pass rate was so low. I'm thinking that the scores may not have been adjusted due to NDEB trying to rush release the scores before the deadline to register for the upcoming May exam. Hopefully, they'll change their scoring metric or something for May as a ~35% pass rate is pretty embarrassing for them. Addendum* I have learned that McGill's pass rate is not 35% but rather 58%. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
member_225 Posted April 27, 2021 Report Share Posted April 27, 2021 the exam had a 35% pass rate? says who? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QWERTY123456789 Posted April 27, 2021 Report Share Posted April 27, 2021 Sorry. I may have exaggerated. I've heard from a classmate that McGill University had ~ 35% pass rate and at my school, it was about ~18% pass rate (out of 17 students), so I assumed that it must be really low in around that range. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
member_225 Posted April 27, 2021 Report Share Posted April 27, 2021 I’m curious to see what the pass rate published on NDEB’s website will be! I have heard as well that a lot of people have failed the exam across Canada..much more than in previous year’s Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
green22 Posted April 27, 2021 Report Share Posted April 27, 2021 Are you able to take the boards while still in dental school or do you have to be already graduated? For example, in your fourth year can you take the November or March exams before you graduate or is May the only option? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QWERTY123456789 Posted April 27, 2021 Report Share Posted April 27, 2021 You can take it while in dental school, so you can take it in November, March or May. Whenever you want Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GammaSqueeze Posted April 28, 2021 Report Share Posted April 28, 2021 12 hours ago, QWERTY123456789 said: Sorry. I may have exaggerated. I've heard from a classmate that McGill University had ~ 35% pass rate and at my school, it was about ~18% pass rate (out of 17 students), so I assumed that it must be really low in around that range. What school do you attend? I find this number hard to believe, at least for a Canadian school. My class seemed to do fairly well. I've heard schools outside of Ontario had poor results. I do think the grades were adjusted otherwise I'm sure the pass rate would have been significantly lower on that exam. 22 hours ago, dentistrydmd said: First time the exam was digital. Reduced class time and clinical experience due to covid. It was still on paper. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QWERTY123456789 Posted April 28, 2021 Report Share Posted April 28, 2021 I go to an American school. That's probably why the pass rate was so low :$ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zaandrei. Posted May 5, 2021 Report Share Posted May 5, 2021 Damn that's quite the change from our 100% (I think) pass rate (minus someone who forgot about the exam that morning LOL)... Schulich a few years back... PS: miss you degenerates Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anti_Dentite Posted May 7, 2021 Report Share Posted May 7, 2021 On 4/27/2021 at 12:16 PM, green22 said: Are you able to take the boards while still in dental school or do you have to be already graduated? For example, in your fourth year can you take the November or March exams before you graduate or is May the only option? If you're in Canada you typically register for the March exam in your 4th year. Exam was not digital. The Osce was paper based which is a change from every other year, likely why so many failures. Exam is always curved. Word is my school hasn't had a single Osce failure in over 20 years, apparently there were multiple this year. Who knows what happened Hades 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
koft Posted May 8, 2021 Report Share Posted May 8, 2021 On 5/7/2021 at 2:23 AM, Anti_Dentite said: If you're in Canada you typically register for the March exam in your 4th year. Exam was not digital. The Osce was paper based which is a change from every other year, likely why so many failures. Exam is always curved. Word is my school hasn't had a single Osce failure in over 20 years, apparently there were multiple this year. Who knows what happened Man this is long long time ago for me, but I doubt they changes much. Typically Canadian dents school had a high pass rate (reason for failure, forgot the exam, start the answer on the wrong slots on the OSCE), and but there are high failure rates on international school Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
orgolover Posted May 16, 2021 Report Share Posted May 16, 2021 Call me naive but I always thought that Canadian NBDE isn't that hard to begin with. I guess I am in for a surprise in few years! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anti_Dentite Posted May 16, 2021 Report Share Posted May 16, 2021 6 hours ago, orgolover said: Call me naive but I always thought that Canadian NBDE isn't that hard to begin with. I guess I am in for a surprise in few years! Canadian NDEB is way more difficult than the US NBDE. Ask anyone who has taken both. Hades 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MiniPanda Posted May 17, 2021 Report Share Posted May 17, 2021 On 4/27/2021 at 11:33 AM, QWERTY123456789 said: I've heard this too and I'm worried since I'll be taking the one in May. My classmates say that they believe that the scores weren't adjusted this year and that is why the pass rate was so low. I'm thinking that the scores may not have been adjusted due to NDEB trying to rush release the scores before the deadline to register for the upcoming May exam. Hopefully, they'll change their scoring metric or something for May as a ~35% pass rate is pretty embarrassing for them. Addendum* I have learned that McGill's pass rate is not 35% but rather 58%. Where did you get these numbers from? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hades Posted May 17, 2021 Report Share Posted May 17, 2021 On 5/16/2021 at 10:26 AM, orgolover said: Call me naive but I always thought that Canadian NBDE isn't that hard to begin with. I guess I am in for a surprise in few years! 19 hours ago, Anti_Dentite said: Canadian NDEB is way more difficult than the US NBDE. Ask anyone who has taken both. NDEB is much much harder than the US NBDE exam. Most Dental students in the states pass their licensing exam in term 1 of fourth year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hades Posted May 17, 2021 Report Share Posted May 17, 2021 18 hours ago, MiniPanda said: Where did you get these numbers from? These numbers are accurate. If anything underreported in failures, actual rate is much higher across the country. Anti_Dentite 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ApplicationTrismus Posted July 13, 2021 Report Share Posted July 13, 2021 For those who wrote in March & May of 2021, any advice for students writing in November of 2021 (assuming it's going to be similar format of paper written and OSCE); what are the ideal resources to be used for each? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gomt4ng Posted July 29, 2021 Report Share Posted July 29, 2021 On 7/13/2021 at 5:04 PM, ApplicationTrismus said: For those who wrote in March & May of 2021, any advice for students writing in November of 2021 (assuming it's going to be similar format of paper written and OSCE); what are the ideal resources to be used for each? I would love some input as well! And I would also appreciate if anyone could share any files they found helpful too! Thanks in advance Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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