Foundation in Dentistry

SEMESTER-1 AND SEMESTER-2

Assessments
Formative Assessments
Assessment type Semester
Online Formative Examination 1
Online Formative Examination 1
Formative Assessments
Online Formative Assessments – Semester 1

These are a set of common OBAs prepared by the medical faculty

on the lectures delivered to the semester1 students – both
medical and dental.

Is usually available on the portal for the students to access.

Relevance: This prepares them for OBAs on the medical subjects

 Summative assessment
– Continuous assessments
Assessment type Semester Weightage

1. Presentation 1 5%

2. Tooth carving 2 5%

3. ICA (OBA, SAQ and OSPE) 1 30%

 Summative assessment – Continuous assessments
Assessment type Semester Weightage
1. Presentation 1 5%

• Is an assignment where clinically relevant topics to the head & neck are
laid out to the students to choose from.
• They then have to make a ppt presentation on their chosen topic ,
usually in pairs. The pairs are randomly assigned by the module
coordinator.
• The students are then marked for their presentation based on a rubric.
 Summative assessment – Continuous assessments
Assessment type Semester Weightage
Contd…
1. Presentation 1 5%

Relevance: Orients the students to a clinical context and encourages

application of their basic knowledge.

Improves their ability to do structured independent literature search

and learning

Challenges their presentation skills

 Summative assessment – Continuous assessments
Assessment type Semester Weightage

2. Tooth carving 2 5%

Tooth carving submission ( incisor, canine, premolar and molar) – 5%

weightage

Relevance:
Tooth carving on wax blocks enables the students to perfect the occlusal
recreation skills that will be needed in their future as dentists
 Summative assessment – Continuous assessments
Assessment type Semester Weightage

3. ICA (OBA, SAQ and OSPE) 1 30%

The ICA at the end of semester 1 is structured exactly as the EOS 2 and
the blueprint lays emphasis mostly on the medical subjects.

Relevance: The medical subjects that are taught as shared lectures with
the medical students are tested at the end of semester 1 before the
start of the medical science module in semester 2. This assists the
students to test their fundamental medical knowledge to build the
medical sciences module on.
 Summative assessment – Professional examination EOS2
Components Composition Weightage (%)
1. Continuous Assessment Presentation, assignment and 40%
ICA
2. 1st Professional BDS OBA (50), SAQ (10) and OSPE 60%
Examination (EOS 2) (16)
Total 100

The EOS 2 is structured exactly as the ICA and the blueprint lays
emphasis on oral biology and craniofacial anatomy and contributes
to 60% of the total
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