{"id":88537,"date":"2014-01-21T08:00:02","date_gmt":"2014-01-21T13:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/?p=88537"},"modified":"2015-12-08T21:25:02","modified_gmt":"2015-12-09T02:25:02","slug":"fourth-year-dental-students-participate-in-mock-exams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/2014\/01\/fourth-year-dental-students-participate-in-mock-exams\/","title":{"rendered":"Fourth-Year Dental Students Participate in Mock Exams"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Fourth-year UConn dental students recently participated in a \u201cMock\u201d Northeast Regional Board Examination. (Tina Encarnacion\/UConn Health Center Photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Fourth-year UConn dental students recently participated in a \u201cMock\u201d Northeast Regional Board Examination. The two-day preparation mimicked the clinical licensure exam that the seniors will take at the end of February. The Health Center is one of the sites where dental students from throughout the region can take the national licensing exam.<\/p>\n

Dr. R. L. Monty MacNeil<\/a>, dean of the UConn School of Dental Medicine<\/a>, says the mock exam is a good example of the extra support UConn gives it students to make sure they\u2019re as prepared as possible for these very important exams.<\/p>\n

UConn does that by recreating as closely as possible the real exam. The students do several procedures on patient volunteers from the community who need dental work. For instance during the first day, the students might perform a periodontal procedure, such as an advanced cleaning, and two restorative procedures, such as a composite on the front tooth and an amalgam on a back tooth.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis helps them because it allows them to get familiar with the process,\u201d says Dr. Sarita Arteaga<\/a>, assistant clinical professor in the dental school and one of several faculty members overseeing the mock exams. \u201cMost of the students are nervous because they don\u2019t know what to expect so knowing the process alleviates a lot of the anxiety for them.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The two-day preparation mimicked the clinical licensure exam that the seniors will take at the end of February. (Tina Encarnacion\/UConn Health Center Photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The Health Center is one of the sites where dental students from throughout the region can take the national licensing exam. (Tina Encarnacion\/UConn Health Center Photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

By the student\u2019s side is a dental assistant from one of UConn Health\u2019s satellite offices who will also be teamed up with the student during the real exam next month. The mock trial also benefits the dental assistants because it gives them a chance to become familiar with the clinical set-up at the Health Center.<\/p>\n

Third-year dental students get a preview of what they can expect next year by acting as \u201crunners\u201d \u2013 passing along information and escorting patients to and from different clinical areas.<\/p>\n

Dental school faculty members are always on hand to observe and give the fourth-years feedback \u2013 both positive and negative.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think we\u2019re tougher on them, we score a little harder during the mock exam, but that way the students can look back and reevaluate and make sure they are fully prepared for the real thing,\u201d adds Arteaga.<\/p>\n

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