Impressions
Anyone that has served on a council or committee at any level of organized dentistry knows the time commitment at takes . The higher up the tripartite , the more time you spend on those activities and the further you have to travel . Sometimes Chicago is not the easiest place to get to .
I never considered myself an expert in testing when I was nominated for the Joint Commission back in 2007 ( and subsequently the CIE ), and still don ’ t after all of these years . There are unbelievably talented members and consultants who were truly experts on this committee , as well as the Department of Testing Services staff at the ADA , who are phenomenal . Together we have fulfilled the charge the CIE was given by the JCNDE back in 2009 , and the national board exam will be forever changed . Future generations of our colleagues won ’ t know Part 1 and 2 , but only one exam that , as the CIE chair Dr . Mark Christensen said , “ will be a significant improvement – a change that will broadly impact and benefit the profession .”
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6 JULY / AUGUST 2018 | PENNSYLVANIA DENTAL JOURNAL