• J Dent Educ · Jan 2004

    Comparative Study

    Effect of grade point average and enrollment in a dental hygiene National Board review course on student performance on the National Board Examination.

    • Janice P DeWald, Marylou E Gutmann, and Eric S Solomon.
    • Department of Dental Hygiene, Baylor College of Dentistry, 3302 Gaston Ave., Dallas, TX 75246, USA. jdewald@tambcd.edu
    • J Dent Educ. 2004 Jan 1; 68 (1): 77-80.

    AbstractPassing the National Board Dental Hygiene Examination is a requirement for licensure in all but one state. There are a number of preparation courses for the examination sponsored by corporations and dental hygiene programs. The purpose of this study was to determine if taking a board review course significantly affected student performance on the board examination. Students from the last six dental hygiene classes at Baylor College of Dentistry (n = 168) were divided into two groups depending on whether they took a particular review course. Mean entering college grade point averages (GPA), exiting dental hygiene program GPAs, and National Board scores were compared for the two groups using a t-test for independent samples (p < 0.05). No significant differences were found between the two groups for entering GPA and National Board scores. Exiting GPAs, however, were slightly higher for those not taking the course compared to those taking the course. In addition, a strong correlation (0.71, Pearson Correlation) was found between exiting GPA and National Board score. Exiting GPA was found to be a strong predictor of National Board performance. These results do not appear to support this program's participation in an external preparation course as a means of increasing students' performance on the National Board Dental Hygiene Examination.

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