Doris Said:

What are or can be the daily/weekly routines of a school work experience student in a dental surgery?

We Answered:

1. In the Freshman year you go to classes, and take exams. Depending on which school you attend you may have to take lab courses (e.g., work on models, mannequins or learn computer simulation techniques).

2. In the Sophomore year you again go to classes, take exams. In this year you also take the Part I NAtional Board Exam. So, you have to study for that on top of the exams in the class. You most likely have to continue the practical classes.

3. In the Junior year you still attend some classes, and take exams. However, you start seeing patients in the clinics and also do rotations at different departments. Some schools also have community service requirements these days. You have to do a lot of lab work. For the clinical requirements YOU will have to maintain the patient schedule and will have to make the reminder calls yourself. On many occasions you have to worry about insurance coverage, collections and billing out. Even if those things are not done directly by you, you need to check on that in order to get the credit for the procedure performed / to meet the graduation requirments.

4. In the Senior year you continue the same, but you gradually get done with the classes, your clinical rotations / requirements and lab work increase. In this year you have to take the Part II of the National Board Exam. Also, towards the end of the year you have to take the Licensing exam which has a theoretical and practical components.

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