WREB disaster

[bitterolme]

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I just got my WREB results back. Failed by 1 pt. Feeling really depressed. I was thinking about appealing. Here's my situation. I wrote the wrong number on the amalgam prep worksheet on the exam, but wrote the right number on the pt. consent form. I therefore lost all prep points. Not sure if I should even appeal. Anyone in the same situation?

 

[DesiDentist]

Hang in there, buddy. Go out and just take a breath. We all do things we regret. You can't let this get to you, this exam is a game mainly a paper game. I sympathize with you, but you know there have been many people on this forum w/ the same unfortunate news, some who failed w/ only a margin of less than .03. I know someone who got a 74.97. So don't dispair, just make sure the mistakes you did this time don't happen again.

DD

 

[DesiDentist]

how did they catch this mistake of the wrong number of the tooth? During the exam or after the exam?

 

[bitterolme]

They gave me a pink slip during the exam and told me I lost all 15 pts for prepping the wrong tooth. I don't know what to do now. Should I just suck it up and retake it or appeal the decision?

 

[2006Grad]

They gave me a pink slip during the exam and told me I lost all 15 pts for prepping the wrong tooth. I don't know what to do now. Should I just suck it up and retake it or appeal the decision?

Sounds like you did really well in the other parts of the exam if you only failed by one point after losing 15pts for the prep. The only thing is if you appeal how will they give you extra points if the appeal goes through? I assume that when they took your points away for the prep they did not even record a grade for the prep. That would mean there is no grade to give you if they think they should have given you the points after the fact. On top of that I hear appeals dont go very well with the WREB. I would just retake it. You have up to three tries before you must do remediation.

 

[gottago]

For your appeal to be successful I think there needs to be an error on the part of the WREB examiners. Otherwise if it's just you not meeting their exam criteria , I dont think your appeal will be successful. It doesn't matter to WREB if you failed by 0.01 for example, they won't just take mercy on you and pass you.
You should read the information the WREB have on their website concerning the appeal process. In my opinion you should just retake the exam rather than lose the $500 for the appeal.

 

[Yellowman]

For your appeal to be successful I think there needs to be an error on the part of the WREB examiners. Otherwise if it's just you not meeting their exam criteria , I dont think your appeal will be successful. It doesn't matter to WREB if you failed by 0.01 for example, they won't just take mercy on you and pass you.
You should read the information the WREB have on their website concerning the appeal process. In my opinion you should just retake the exam rather than lose the $500 for the appeal.

I think above poster is correct. I would try teh appeal for $500, but honestly I think the chances of you passing the exam on appeal is slim to none. I have multiple friends who failed by 1 point for various reasons (most of which was the wreb examiners fault), and the only thing they got was weeks of waiting and anxiety followed by the denial of their appeal request. Unfortunately for you, the WREB has the grounds to fail you...they didn't give you an automatic fail, they simply gave you 0/15 for the prep (due to improper documentation) which technically means you could've passed if you aced all other sections. I would try the appeal process, but would also start looking for patients for a retake.

 

[jeninny44]

I just got my WREB results back. Failed by 1 pt. Feeling really depressed. I was thinking about appealing. Here's my situation. I wrote the wrong number on the amalgam prep worksheet on the exam, but wrote the right number on the pt. consent form. I therefore lost all prep points. Not sure if I should even appeal. Anyone in the same situation?

what school do you go to?

 

[Daurang]

Just suck it up and take it as an early extremely important lesson well-learned. In real life practice, a simple honest mistake like that can get you in a lot of troubles and headaches and fines with insurance/medicaid when they personally visit your office for audit.

 

[DesiDentist]

One think i learned from OMS is that they have big white boards with the teeth they are extracting on them. I found it so amusing that I kept on seeing 1, 16 / 17, 32 over and over again. However, this is a very big lesson. One of the worst things you can do is extract the wrong tooth and you can't save your butt no matter what you do. So this strategy is very effective.

So the first thing I did was tell my assistant to make SURE she keeps on telling me what tooth I am working on, second I told her to check my paper work and make sure the right teeth are marked. Then i would check them. Also, on a big white piece of paper I wrote in HUGE Red permanent pen the tooth number I was currently working on. When I moved to the next tooth I did the same thing.

It is the easiest thing to get flustered w/ paper work. I actually switched my composite and amalgam initially when i was filling out the paperwork and had to get new sheets. I know this happens a lot.

At PENN we call it "dental dyslexia"

DD

 

[drhobie7]

I just got my WREB results back. Failed by 1 pt. Feeling really depressed. I was thinking about appealing. Here's my situation. I wrote the wrong number on the amalgam prep worksheet on the exam, but wrote the right number on the pt. consent form. I therefore lost all prep points. Not sure if I should even appeal. Anyone in the same situation?

Did they approve the tooth that you listed on the prep worksheet?! It must have had the exact same lesion. I would say you may have a chance if the tooth you listed didn't have a lesion but was approved anyway. Otherwise, I wouldn't bother. If both teeth had the same lesions and you prepped the one that wasn't approved I can't see why they'd change the result.

 

[DesiDentist]

I agree. Just retake it. this next week just take a break away from everything. register for the next exam and deal with it when it comes up. everyone knows you had this in the bag, next time you will get it. Failing by one point hurts, but that's life. count your blessings in other parts of your life. This exam proves nothing, just another bump in this profession.

You got this.

DD