Should graduating dental students be required to treat actual patients in clinical board exams? According to ADA News, it’s an ongoing debate in Iowa where the University of Iowa College of Dentistry say there are “serious ethical concerns with the use of patients for board exams.” Dr. Jarod Johnson, a new dentist, said it’s well-known that some students… Read More »
If you have ever been interviewed, then you probably got to the end of the interview and were asked, “Now, do you have any questions for me?” And, if you’re anything like I am, you froze up for a few seconds, asked the first thing that came to your mind and hoped it wasn’t a stupid question. This… Read More »
My first year as a dentist was discouraging to say the least. As a new dentist I assumed that all dentists cared intensely about their patients and their work. I was heartbroken when I found out that this wasn’t true. My first job landed me right in the thick of dentists and staff that didn’t care — about our patients,… Read More »
As I glance out the window and take a sip of my morning coffee, I’m handed a medical history for the patient that has just arrived. A hefty list of medical conditions is scribbled on the first page. Page two has a medication list of many consonants and syllables that I still am unable to properly pronounce. The… Read More »
Los Angeles Schweitzer Fellow and University of Southern California dental student Jonathan Nguyen hopes to empower LGBTQ people to take control of their health care and help better educate dentists when caring for patients in the LGBTQ community. According to the Albert Scheweitzer Fellowship blog, Mr. Nguyen is concerned that within the health care profession, dental professionals are… Read More »
Got student loan questions? The ADA and DRB made available a recording of a one-hour webinar about general loan refinance options. The session, led by DRB’s Alex Macielak, provides insight to available repayment options, including federal repayment options, loan refinancing, proposed legislative changes to these programs, and how those changes may affect dentists. In an effort to help… Read More »