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I wanted to post here to get some feedback from current students regarding the rotations that we'll be doing during our 4th year.
The faculty is leaving a lot of it up to us as far as where we rotate. We're being asked to contact places that we might like to rotate at, and let them know our situation.
Places where we can choose to rotate at are limitless! For example: externships at other dental schools, externships at specialty programs, VA hosptitals, community dental clinics, Indian Health Service clinics, hospitals, and private practices!
For example, I could contact a hospital in Utah (where I'm from) and arrange a rotation there, or I could contact a dentist in private practice (perhaps one I shadowed prior to school) and arrange to rotate there for four weeks!
Alternatively, the rotations could be chosen at random for me if I don't have any particular fancy for where I'd like to rotate, or the cases I'd like to see (OMS, Pedo, Endo, etc.).
I'm thinking I'll do some of both. I'd like to set up a few rotations back in Utah, and I'd also like to go to some rotations on the east coast. Also, there may be a rotation in London, England, which would be cool!
I'd appreciate it if some of you could post options of where YOU would rotate if you were given the chance, or where you have rotated. I'm in the process of gathering ideas as to what I should be doing to really have a great fourth year when it comes around.
The faculty is leaving a lot of it up to us as far as where we rotate. We're being asked to contact places that we might like to rotate at, and let them know our situation.
Places where we can choose to rotate at are limitless! For example: externships at other dental schools, externships at specialty programs, VA hosptitals, community dental clinics, Indian Health Service clinics, hospitals, and private practices!
For example, I could contact a hospital in Utah (where I'm from) and arrange a rotation there, or I could contact a dentist in private practice (perhaps one I shadowed prior to school) and arrange to rotate there for four weeks!
Alternatively, the rotations could be chosen at random for me if I don't have any particular fancy for where I'd like to rotate, or the cases I'd like to see (OMS, Pedo, Endo, etc.).
I'm thinking I'll do some of both. I'd like to set up a few rotations back in Utah, and I'd also like to go to some rotations on the east coast. Also, there may be a rotation in London, England, which would be cool!
I'd appreciate it if some of you could post options of where YOU would rotate if you were given the chance, or where you have rotated. I'm in the process of gathering ideas as to what I should be doing to really have a great fourth year when it comes around.
