Part1 format change in 2007

[dentalcn]

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Hi all,
According to ADA official website, Part1 format will be changed in 2007:
"Beginning in 2007, Part I will be a comprehensive exam with 400 muliple-choice items. Approximately 20 percent of the items will be grouped into testlets with interdisciplinary focus and clinical application. "

Just wonder what the new format looks like (more like current USMLE?) and how it affects our preparation for Part1?
any ideas?
thanks!

 

[CALALILY]

oh great!
they just keep making things more and more difficult every time!
thanks ADA!!! 😡

 

[tamanna]

may be it might be easier then. as uit is they are running out of questions. things are getting complicated with bio-chem and other subjects.
hope that this is lot easier

 

[elto]

Yeah, That's right. The exam will be more"clinical" and it will be CBT only, no more written test.....

 

[zsy_lzy]

hi,,
i wonder,,,does the part 1 exam still have 4 part separately??
if ada mixed the questions,,it would be tremendously terrible!!!

 

[dentalcn]

sounds like mix together, and I am afraid that the questions are more like USMLE...give you a case(usually a long passage), then find an answer, which is always indirect....🙁

hi,,
i wonder,,,does the part 1 exam still have 4 part separately??
if ada mixed the questions,,it would be tremendously terrible!!!

 

[remore]

will the format changes from 2007 jan because i haved called to ada but they told me that there is no such thing like format change but when i checked ada site it was clearly stated that format will change from 2007 but will it change from jan does anybody know?
thank you

 

[cattooth]

The format will stay the same but just become comprehensive like the pilot if you saw.

will the format changes from 2007 jan because i haved called to ada but they told me that there is no such thing like format change but when i checked ada site it was clearly stated that format will change from 2007 but will it change from jan does anybody know?
thank you

 

[remore]

thanks for info cattooth input appreciated.

 

[smile13]

The format will stay the same but just become comprehensive like the pilot if you saw.

hi cattooth.thank u 4 sharing ur information.but im sorry,i dont understand wat is this pilot 😕 ?would u plz lemme kno.actualy im also planning 2 take my part1 exam in 2007 .i ll b thankful 2 all those who can help me in this regard.....

 

[tamanna]

hi
to all who are worried about the nbde change

Each of the four Part I examinations consists of approximately 100 multiple-choice test items. Beginning in 2007, Part I will be a comprehensive exam with 400 muliple-choice items. Approximately 20 percent of the items will be grouped into testlets with interdisciplinary focus and clinical application.

this is what i found on the site. so 20% shouldn't be major ocmpared to 80% unchanged
just want to be an optimist

 

[emma429]

will the format changes from 2007 jan because i haved called to ada but they told me that there is no such thing like format change but when i checked ada site it was clearly stated that format will change from 2007 but will it change from jan does anybody know?
thank you

So strange. Just wonder if you mentioned info from the ADA site when you called...

 

[remore]

So strange. Just wonder if you mentioned info from the ADA site when you called...

hi emma429,
i have called them for more than couple of times regarding this none of them know about format change .i mentioned but they told me that they dont know about format change.i was even kinda surprised too.
regards.