Situational judgment tests as a new tool for dental student selection

• Main Authors: BUYSE, Tine, LIEVENS, Filip
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2011
• Subjects: Dental education; dental school admissions; noncognitive assessment; situational judgment test; Human Resources Management; Organizational Behavior and Theory
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lkcsb_research/5676; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/lkcsb_research/article/6675/viewcontent/SJT_dental_pv.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

Cognitive tests are used to select students into dental school, yet cognitive predictors explain only part of the variance in academic performance. Therefore, interviews and personality tests are often used to measure noncognitive (e.g., interpersonal) characteristics. Recently, situational judgment...