How Scholars Dental scaled online AFK and ACJ exam preparation with multi-step assessments

The Challenge

Scholars Dental provides structured preparation programs for internationally trained dentists pursuing the Canadian dental equivalency and certification pathway.

Its assessment requirements extend beyond delivering a single online test. The organization needs to administer recurring mock exams, course-based evaluations, and clinical case assessments across different programs and examination periods.

The Assessment of Fundamental Knowledge focuses on biomedical and applied clinical science knowledge, while the Assessment of Clinical Judgement includes case-based diagnosis, treatment planning, clinical decision-making, and radiographic interpretation. These different assessment objectives require flexible test structures rather than a single standardized format.

Scholars Dental therefore needed a platform that could:

• Support both knowledge-based and case-based assessments.
• Divide longer examinations into structured sections.
• Organize multiple courses, exam cycles, and mock-test versions.
• Deliver assessments consistently to learners in different locations.
• Reuse and update existing assessment structures.
• Manage a high volume of test sessions.
• Centralize learner results and examination activity.

The Solution

Scholars Dental created a structured online assessment environment using TestInvite.

Different assessment programs are organized into dedicated task folders, including AFK mock exams, ACJ course cases, and ACJ mock assessments. This structure allows administrators to separate content according to examination type, course stage, and assessment purpose.

Multi-step mock examinations

TestInvite's multi-step task structure enables Scholars Dental to divide extensive mock exams into separate sections.

Each step can represent a different exam component, content area, case group, or testing period. This gives the organization greater control over the sequence and structure of longer assessments while maintaining a unified candidate experience.

Recurring exam cycles

Scholars Dental can create separate mock examinations for different course cohorts and examination dates.

Existing structures can be duplicated and updated for later cycles, allowing the team to revise questions or configurations without rebuilding the complete assessment workflow from the beginning.

Case-based assessment workflows

ACJ course cases can be managed separately from conventional mock examinations.

This allows Scholars Dental to create assessment experiences focused on clinical judgement, diagnosis, treatment planning, and decision-making rather than relying only on knowledge-recall questions.

Centralized assessment management

TestInvite brings tasks, assessments, learner sessions, and results into one administrative environment.

The Scholars Dental team can organize assessment programs using folders, monitor learner participation, manage different versions of mock exams, and access results without maintaining separate systems for each course or cohort.