Hand Eye Coordination the same as Manual Dexterity

[xatlasb]

With the other post about manual dexterity I was just wondering, in the eyes of dental admissions, does hand-eye coordination count as manual dexterity?

For example, I taught myself how to juggle, and can actually juggle 5 balls (or 3 clubs) and was wondering if that would suffice as manual dexterity.

I also cheered (co-ed) in college, which of course requires hand-eye coordination to throw and catch your partner.

Any thoughts?

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[Bis-GMA111]

With the other post about manual dexterity I was just wondering, in the eyes of dental admissions, does hand-eye coordination count as manual dexterity?

For example, I taught myself how to juggle, and can actually juggle 5 balls (or 3 clubs) and was wondering if that would suffice as manual dexterity.

I also cheered (co-ed) in college, which of course requires hand-eye coordination to throw and catch your partner.

Any thoughts?

you should be fine. i think you're thinking way too much into this.

 

[xbite]

I included both fine motor skills and hand-eye-coordination things that practice gross motor movements (like tennis).

 

[aqz]

I included both fine motor skills and hand-eye-coordination things that practice gross motor movements (like tennis).

Where do you go for dental school? I think I might need to add it onto my list.

 

[Illfavor]

I'm not really sure. I'm a classical musician and my manual dexterity has been developed specifically without the use of my eyes most often. Interesting question.

 

[ktran17]

research: micropipetting, assembly of fuel cells and electrodes, painting membranes and other various types of quantitative chem techniques:

hobbies: building gundam models, legoes, shooting, and chinese caligraphy

misc weird stuff: pen tricks, using a chop stick, really fast typing speed ~ 100 wpm

These are a list of things I intend to put, might remove the chop sticks hahah

 

[Toofly01]

I think of hand-eye coordination as doing something like playing baseball, softball, tennis, juggling or cheerleading. Manual dexterity is more like carving or doing something intricate (jewelry-making). They could be the same, but aren't necessarily.

I'm not sure how juggling or cheerleading counts as manual dexterity, except that you are using your hands for 2 seconds between throws... Seems like a weakish association though. Just my 2 cents. Good luck if you do end up using it.

 

[ATG20]

I'd drop the cheer thing on the app. I think they're largely interested in whether or not you know your fine-motor skills. Believe it or not, some people actually lack these and it pains them to work with things on a small-scale (something you should know before DS). I put woodcarving and dissections under a viewing microscope as my examples. Both were brought up at a couple interviews with interest.