Pat

[tinkerbell9999]

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do schools care about the PAT score? Are they even looked at?

 

[howui3]

yes and yes!

 

[tinkerbell9999]

but i heard some schools do not believe it is an actual indicator of how well someone will do clinically and therefore do not give it too much weight...

 

[organichemistry]

but i heard some schools do not believe it is an actual indicator of how well someone will do clinically and therefore do not give it too much weight...

some schools emphasize it more than others. i think there is about a 0.2 or 0.3 correlation between PAT scores and first year clinical grades (I think i saw this somewhere...)

 

[EyeAmCommi]

but i heard some schools do not believe it is an actual indicator of how well someone will do clinically and therefore do not give it too much weight...

Actually, it is the only indicator or how well a person is going to do in clinic. None of the other sections of the DAT is any good of an indicator. Whether a specific d-school is going to accept that fact is up to them.

 

[howui3]

Actually, it is the only indicator or how well a person is going to do in clinic. None of the other sections of the DAT is any good of an indicator. Whether a specific d-school is going to accept that fact is up to them.

I agree, when you look at fillings you need the PAT skills to understand how the 2D image on the X-ray looks like in 3D. The dentists I shadow told me from his experience the PAT section is a good indicator of how well you will do clinically. When he took the DAT he had to carve the chalk and he said that is THE BEST indicator.

 

[n2o*]

I agree, when you look at fillings you need the PAT skills to understand how the 2D image on the X-ray looks like in 3D. The dentists I shadow told me from his experience the PAT section is a good indicator of how well you will do clinically. When he took the DAT he had to carve the chalk and he said that is THE BEST indicator.

but why do some schools assume that it is something that cannot be learned? Don't they teach you how to interpret X-rays in dental schools?

 

[food4thots]

every school weighs the PAT differently.