a. Do you have
study weeks before final? (Tell me if this is also the case for the other tests)
b. I've heard final at Case is comprehensive type! =
All in one test! True/False? <Comprehensive Competency Assessment: 11/17 – 11/21???>
------>Actually, buttom line is to confirm that courses & tests at Case are
not/less staggered! (Efficient time schedule! --> It's just one of several reasons I like Case)
*Feel like my research on Case is almost done!!
Thanks!!
1.) There were not any study weeks before finals. The closest thing to a "study week" was that our Dental Anatomy final was 3 or 4 weeks after the class ended.
2.) During Case D1 Fall you'll have these finals/tests:
a.) Health, Science and Society - a combo of community dentistry, intro to caries, and epidemiology...If I remember correctly, the final is 6-7 weeks into the semester.
b.) Foundations of Life Science - the basics of biochem, genetics, a tidbit of micro, etc...all classes and concepts you would have taken in undergrad...Taken 6 weeks after the end of HSS (above)
c.) ACE midterm - it deals with dentistry...including dealing with children, ergonomics, culture, mouth-guards, and sealants etc. A wide variety of easy, yet interesting things.
d.) Dental Anatomy wax-up competencies...timed wax-ups x 3
e.) Dental Anatomy practice tests..you still had to get 60%, though, to make sure you were keeping up with the EEEEENORMOUS amounts of info.
We had these finals during finals week (actually two weeks)
a.) Dental Anatomy
b.) DentSim
c.) Perio
d.) Heart and Lung
e.) ACE
f.) Facial Growth
g.) - Comprehensive exam. This consisted of everything I mentioned above. It is 90% essay, and mostly opinion. It is summative, which means there is no "grade"...We have not seen our grades and probably won't. I've heard, though, that they have been scored and will be considered for those top of the class kids who want to specialize. Most people blew this test off and did not study. We were drained from the heart and lung test!!!
good luck!