MNR DENTAL COLLEGE AND HOSPITAL SANGAREDDY EXAMINATION REFORMS 4. Pre-Clinical Conservative – Only Practical EXAMINATIONS I BDS Examination: Total: 600 Marks 1. General Anatomy including embryology and Histology 2. General Human physiology & Biochemistry 3. Dental Anatomy, Embryology and Oral Histology II BDS Examination: Total: 800 Marks 1. General pathology and Microbiology 2. General and dental pharmacology and therapeutics 3. Dental Materials 4. Viva Voce 5. Pre-Clinical Prosthodontics – Only Practical and Viva Voce III BDS Examination: Total : 600 Marks 1. General Medicine 2. General Surgery 3. Oral Pathology and Oral Microbiology IV BDS Examination: Total : 1600 Marks 1. Oral Medicine and radiology 2. Pediatric & Preventive Dentistry 3. Orthodontics & dentofacial orthopedics 4. Periodontology 5. Prosthodontics and Crown & Bridge 6. Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics 7. Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery 8. Public Health Dentistry Marks Distribution in Each Subject: Each subject shall have a maximum of 200 marks: Theory - 100 Practical / Clinical – 100 Theory – 100 University written exam 70 Viva-Voce 20 Internal assessment 10 Total 100 Practical’s / Clinical – 100 University Exam 90 Internal Assessment 10 Total 100 Each question paper shall be of 3 hours duration, carrying maximum marks of 70. There shall be three types of questions with distribution of marks as follows: Type of Questions No. of Questions Marks per question Total marks Long Essay Type 2 9 18 Short Essay Type 8 4 32 Short Answer Type 10 2 20 total 70 Scheme of Examination: The scheme of examination for B.D.S Course shall be divided into 1st B.D.S. examination at the end of the first academic year, 2nd B.D.S examination at the end of the second year, 3rd B.D.S examination at the end of third, 4th B.D.S at the end of the 4th year. The examination shall be open to a candidate who satisfies the requirements of attendance progress and other rules lay down by the university. SCHEME OF EXAMINATION FOR POSTGRADUATE Eligibility: The following requirements shall be fulfilled by every candidate to be eligible to appear for the final examination. i) Attendance: Every candidate shall have fulfilled the attendance prescribed by the University during each academic year of the postgraduate course. ii) Progress and conduct: Every candidate shall have participated in seminars, review meetings, symposia, conferences, case presentations, clinics and didactic during each year as designed by the concerned department iii) Work diary and Logbook: Every candidate shall maintain a work diary and logbook for recording his/her participation in the training programmes conducted by the department. The work diary and logbook shall be verified and certified by the Head of the Department and Head of the institution. (Please see Section IV for Model Checklist and Logbook) The certification of satisfactory progress by the head of the department and head of the institution shall be based on (i), (ii) and (iii) mentioned above. Schedule of Examination: The examination for M.D.S. courses shall be held at the end of three academic years (six academic terms). The university shall conduct two examinations in a year at an interval of four to six months between the two examinations. Not more than two examinations shall be conducted in an academic year. University Examination M.D.S. Degree examinations in any branch of study shall consist of dissertation, written paper (Theory), Practical/Clinical and Viva voce. (a) Dissertation: Acceptance of dissertation shall be a precondition for the candidate to appear for the final examination. (b) Written Examination (Theory) (Total 400 marks) Part-I: Shall consist of one paper There shall be a theory examination in Basic Sciences at the end of first year of course. The question paper shall be set and evaluated by the concerned Department/Speciality. The candidate shall have to secure a minimum of 50% in Basic Sciences and shall have to pass the Part-I examination at least six months prior to the final (Part-II) examination. Part-II: Shall consist of three theory papers at the end of third year Distribution of marks: 1) Part-I University Examination (1 paper of 100marks) There shall be 10 questions of 10 marks each (100 marks) 2) Part-II University Examination (3 papers of 100 marks each = 300 marks) (i) Paper-I: 2 long essay questions of 25 marks each and 5 short essays of 10 marks each. (100 marks) (ii) Paper-II: 2 long essay questions of 25 marks each and 5 short essays of 10 marks each. (100 marks) (iii) Paper-III: any 2 out of 3 essay questions to be answered (2 X 50 marks = 100 marks) All the papers of both Part-I and Part-II University examinations are of three-hour duration. Distribution of topics in each paper is shown in Section III along with course description of the concerned specialty, and as clause 14 in this section. Topics assigned to different papers are generally evaluated under those sections. However, a strict division of the subject may not be possible and some overlapping of topics is inevitable. Students should be prepared to answer overlapping topics. Questions on recent advances may be asked in any or all the papers. (c) Practical / Clinical Examination: 200 marks In case of practical examination, it should be aimed at assessing competence and skills of techniques and procedures. It should also aim at testing student's ability to make relevant and valid observations, interpretation and inference of laboratory or experimental or clinical work relating to his/her subject for undertaking independent work as a specialist. The duration of Clinical and Viva-Voce examination will be 2 days for a batch of six students. If the number of candidates exceeds 6, the programe can be extended to 3rd day. The actual format of clinical examination in various specialties are given in Section III. The total marks for practical / clinical examination shall be 200. (d) Viva Voce: 100 marks Viva-Voce examination shall aim at assessing depth of knowledge, logical reasoning, confidence and oral communication skills. The total marks shall be 100 and the distribution of marks shall be as under: (i) For examination of all components of syllabus 80 Marks (ii) For (Pedagogy) demonstration of teaching skills 20 Marks Internal Assessment of Examination: The internal assessment examinations may be held frequently at least 3 times in a given academic year and the average marks of these examinations to be considered. Ten percent of the total marks in each subject separately for theory and practical / clinical examination separately should be set aside for the internal assessment examinations. Theory Examination: I. The written examination in each subject shall consist of one paper of three hours duration and shall have maximum of 70 marks. II. In the subjects of Physiology & Biochemistry and Pathology & Microbiology each paper will be divided into two parts, A and B of equal marks III. The question paper should contain different types of questions such as essay, short answer and very short answer type. IV. The nature of questions set, should be aimed to evaluate students of different standards ranging from average to excellent. V. The questions should cover as broad an area of the content of the course. The essay question should be properly structured and marks specifically allotted. Practical & Clinical Examination: (a). Records / Log Books : The candidate should be given credit for his records based on the work done. (b). Scheme of clinical and practical examinations: The specific scheme of clinical and practical examinations, the type of clinical procedures/ experiments to be performed and marks allotted for each are to be discussed and finalized by the Chairman and other examiners and it is to be published prior to the conduct of the examinations along with the publication of the time table for the practical examinations. This scheme should be brought to the notice of the external examiner as and when the examiner reports. The practical and clinical examinations should be evaluated by two examiners of which one shall be an external examiner appointed from other universities preferably outside the state. Each candidate should be evaluated by each examiner independently and marks computed at the end of the examination (c ) Viva-Voce : Viva-Voce is an excellent mode of assessment because it permits a fairly broad coverage and it can assess the problem solving capacity of the student. An assessment related to the affective domain is also possible through viva-voce. It is desirable to conduct the viva-voce independently by each examiner. In order to avoid vagueness and to maintain uniformity of standard and coverage, questions can be pre-formulated before administering them to each student. Twenty marks are exclusively allotted for viva-voce and that can be dived equally amongst the examiners, i.e., 10 marks per examiner. In the exam hall students are supervised by four or five faculty members and at the same time they are also monitored by the exam superintendent through CCTV (closed circuit cameras) and mobile jammers are installed to prevent malpractice through electronic devices. After internal assessments board meeting as well as parent teacher meetings are held to evaluate the performance and progress of each student. The procedure followed during the examination in COVID - 19:
Entry to examination hall restricted to examination team only
The viva examination should be conducted here.
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