1st Phase
DISTRIBUSTION OF TEACHING - LEARNING HOURS :
| Subject | Lecture (in hours) | Tutorial (in hours) | Practical (in hours) | Others/ Demonstration / Dissection + card Exam (in hours) | Integrated teaching (in hours) (Common | Formative Exam | Summative exam | Total hours | ||
| Preparatory leave | Exam time | Preparatory leave | Exam time | |||||||
| Anatomy | 80 | 24 | 24 | 148 + 20 = 168 hrs | 10 | 20 days | 42 days | 30 days | 30 days | 296 |
| Dental Anatomy | 99 | 146 | 27 | 18 | 10 | 290 | ||||
| Physiology & Biochemistry | 132 | 124 | 60 | - | 10 | 316 | ||||
| Science of Dental Materials | 110 | 40 | 70 | 69 | 10 | 289
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| Total | 1191 | |||||||||
| Behavioral science, communication skill and medical ethics will be taught through four lecturers (4 hours) within 1st phase under supervision of Dental Public Health department | 4 | |||||||||
| Grand total | 1195 | |||||||||
| (Time for integrated teaching, examination preparatory leave and for formative & summative assessment is common for all subjects of the phase ) | ||||||||||
EXAMINATION & DISTRIBUTION OF MARKS :
| Subjects | Written Exam marks | Structured Oral Exam marks | Practical Exam marks | Formative Exam marks | Total Marks |
| General Anatomy |
90 |
100 |
100 |
10 | 300 |
| Dental Anatomy |
90 |
100 |
100 |
10 | 300 |
| Physiology & Biochemistry |
90 (45+45) |
100 (50+50) |
100 (50+50) |
10 (05+05) | 300 |
| Science of Dental Materials |
90 |
100 |
100 |
10 | 300 |
| Total | 1200 | ||||
ASSESSMENT :
- There will be in-course (card/item/term) & end-course (professional) assessment for the students in 1st phase of the course. i.e. formative and professional examination.
- Formative assessment will be done through results of items, card and term ending examination & class attendance.
- For formative assessment, 10% marks of written examination of each paper of each subject is allocated
- For MCQ of each paper, 20% marks are allocated. There will be separate answer script for MCQ part of examination. Total number of MCQ will be 20.
- For SAQ of each paper, 70% marks are allocated
- Oral part of the examination will be structured
- OSPE / OSCE will be used for assessing skills/competencies. Traditional long & short cases will be also used for clinical assessment
- There will be phase final professional examination within the each academic phase.
ELIGIBILITY FOR APPEARING IN THE PROFESSIONAL EXAMINATION :
- Certificate from the respective head of departments regarding students obtaining at least 75% attendance in all classes (theory, practical, tutorial, residential field practice, clinical placement etc.) during the phase.
- Obtaining at least 60% marks in examinations.
- No student shall be allowed to appear in the professional examinations unless the student passes in all the subjects of the previous professional examinations.
PASS MARKS :
- Pass marks is 60%. Student shall have to pass written (MCQ + SAQ + formative), oral, practical and clinical examination separately