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The Following Article describes the fine points and information about the ADC exams .
Article Written by Dr.Bhoomi Shah ( Who is preparing for ADC Exams )
Creative designing by Dr.Deb ( Perio PG Student & Founder Dentalorg.com )
AUSTRALIA
Dear Aspirants of ADC, I m sharing here all the information I have regarding ADC part1 exam and I feel can be valuably helpful to all of u :
ROAD TO AUSTRALIA
REGARDING ADC PART 1 PREPARATION
- 1. PROCEDURE OF APPLICATION FOR ADC PART 1 :
- Send your document for assessment to the ADC office, Melbourne.
- Following documents required : true copy – the degree, transcripts of course, internship rotation certificate, 1st registration license, relevant pages of passport, originals- experience letter of practice (from graduation till date), 2 reference letters, 3 passport size photographs.
- All these have to be coloured copies
- You can download document assessment form from www.australiandentalcouncil.org
- Document assessment procedure takes 4-6weeks
- You receive your ADC part1 form along with your approved document assessment
- You have to fill the form and send back to the ADC, Melbourne
- Dates for ADC part 1 are twice in year : march and September
- Fee : approx. rs. 56000/- or $1030
- Fees have to be paid only by creditcard if outside Australia
- 2. FORMAT OF THE ADC PART1 EXAM :
the exam is conducted in two days
1st day : 80MCQ + 3SAQ
2nd day : 80MCQ
In india there is only one centre for ADC part1 exam “DELHI”
The dates for the exam are received only 2weeks prior to the exam
SAQ part is the toughiest part of framing the answer as only approx. 1hr n 15mins given for framing and writing your answers.
- 3. REGARDING THE BOOKS AND PREPARATION OF MCQ PART :
- Following are the most important books for the mcq part : Boucher’s mcq, 1000 mcq, Dental decks, Cawson’s mcq, Gardner’s mcq.
- Previous exam papers should also be referred
- Out of the above mentioned books : boucher’s mcq and 1000 mcq is the most “important”
- All have different ways of studing : reading text books and than solving mcq , solving mcq and later referring text book for weaker subjects. I prefer the later option.
- Dental decks should be done atleast once and explaination is good for answers helps to clear your basics.
- 4. REGARDING THE BOOKS AND PREPARATION FOR SAQ PART :
- Following are the books for saq part : 129 saq, 60 saq, oxford handbook, therapeutic guidelines, and odell clinical problem solving in dentistry, all reference text books
- The most important books for solving SAQ are odell, therapeutic guidelines and oxfords handbook
- Practice as much you can of writing the SAQ in timelimit as it’s the most crucial part of it
- The answers can be framed in case history format, point wise format, etc.
- Paragraph writing is not appropriate for SAQ
- Stick to basics for SAQ and answer should be as simple as possible
- Underline main points
- Write as neatly as possible
- Presentation of your answer does matter
- Write with pencil, avoid using pens
- Use different colours for underlining, diagrams, flow-charts, etc
- 5. PROBLEMS DURING PREPARATION :
- As I have seen, people give too much time to SAQs n avoid MCQ which has equal weightage and scoring part of the section.
- The passing criteria is still not yet clear but roughly can say ,
For saq, its 50%
For mcq, its passing atleast in 4sections out of 7.
- This format is not yet sure but I will update as soon as I get information.
- 6. TIPS FOR PREPARATION:
- Devote equal time and efforts to both the parts of the exam
- Practice writing the SAQs in pencil with time limit
- Do practice solving the MCQs with time limit to judge ur timing
- Do the odell, oxfords, therapeutic guidelines, boucher’s mcq n 1000 mcq thoroughly – “ most important”
Good luck to al of you and keep working hard, nothing is impossible if you have a correct vision to it.
Readers can post their doubts in the Facebook comment box below . Dr Bhoomi & Dentalorg.com will try to clear the doubts as far as possible.
hello dr bhoomi.
please can u tell me how to to prpartion for adc exam and where is the institute for the preparations for adc exams
Thanks for your valuable information Dr.Bhoomi. I am in New Zealand now a days and planning to sit for ADC exam next year,I read your article which is awesome.I would be really grateful to you if you could tell me where i can get these text books from?Are these available in India because i am visiting India ,my home the following July ,so if available ,can purchase books from there,so kindly tell me are these books available in India?
Cheers.:)
Hello Dr.Bhoomi.. Thanks for the information.. Can u please help me as where can I get the materials from for the Part 1 exams? Thank you very much. Best of luck for your future undertakings..!
HI Bhoomi
is there any word limit for saq??? is anybody sitting for adc-1 sept 2012??
hey all
the material for this exam is available on different forums on fb n orkut where u can join n study togather,
if u need any specific books u can mail me on dr.bhoomishah@hotmail.com will try n get back to u as soon as possible.
sorry for late reply
Hi Dr.Bhoomi how to get ADC one books
Hi Dr.Bhoomi, It was very informative regarding the ADC exam preparation..I was really confused regarding the preparation part and the books to be referred..thank you so much in providing this information..can u plz tell me regarding the availability of any coaching centres in INDIA.
Hi Dr. Bhoomi,
Do you have any tips for ADC part2? Can you please share with us. I am preparing for the coming Nov series. I would greatly appreciate if you can email me study mat’l. Thanks
but before all this we need to comeplet the english proficency course right ?
can u tel us about that !
Hello doctor , thanks a lot for your valuable information
i would like to ask, from where we can get the 1000 mcqs and the previously asked saq ??
thank you very much. .
hi dr bhoomi…like all others i wud like to know whr to get all mcq books
n therapeutic guidelines kindly get back to me
Hey guys,
I hope everyone knows the recent modification of the ADC exams in 2013. Exams will only be held in March with no September session.
What I want to know is whether this change is only for 2013 or will from 2013, exams will only be held in March with no September session?
If anyone has any info, plz reply!
hi my internship ll be completed by the end of this yr . am i eligible for adc entrance exam
Hello everyone,if someone interested in group study for ADC 1,email me please on ashmobarak@gmail.com.
All the best
hi bhoomi can you tel were exactly the adc exam will be conducted in delhi i mean the venue
thank u vry much fr your information…can u plz tel me whr exactly the adc exm wil be conducted in delhi…
how to prepare for adc exam can u plz tell me
The article describes all the books and things that are necessary for ADC . Preparation is same as preparing for entrance but more emphasis on clinical studies .
See this link to know about the books needed for preparation http://www.dentalorg.com/australian-dental-council-books.html
please kindly suggest the particular book that require to crack adc- 1 &2 exam
Is 6months of internship is accepted to sit for adc exam? Pls give information regarding this
There is confusion regarding this . What I will suggest is that you don’t ask any third party for this . Directly , take efforts and ask the Australian Embassy about it .