thought i'd start this thread for us actual BU students who wanna respond to all the BU negativity...this thread is in response to the carribean dental school thread where BU was a hot topic...
was hoping BU'ers could give up to date legit info on BU so that incoming applicants know what the real deal is....
day one of orientation was today and BU def knows how to treat its students...we were quite spoiled today with the freebie's and great food...esp the ice cream social....melted marshmellows! good lord.
anyways... At lunch each table had a faculty member to address our q's and discuss the school.... so here's some info that i thought might be useful for students who constantly read on this site that BU is a school for specialists and not enough clinical training is given...:
in first and second years there is APEX that you can complete in the school itself or BU affiliated clinics/practices... those 24 weeks of work is definitely amazing experience and a great way to get ur foot in the door with some prospective future employers
in ur third and fourth i believe there are externship programs (in addition to normal clinical work in the school) where u are required to work in BU affiliated clinics with close to little or no supervision...another chunk of GREAT clinical experience
each student in his third year is provided with a mentor who will oversee his clinical experience and make sure he is getting a wide spectrum of patients so that students are not performing one technique over and over..
patient pool...heated debate on the amount of patients BU is getting..and whether there are enuff to go around... here;s info right from the honcho's themselves : a handful of years back there were issues with MASS health and a lot of the patient pool werent' able to recieve dental care at the BU clinics... at that time there were not enuff to go around and a lot of students did not feel they were prepared to go out into the workforce without doing a GPR...as it stands there has been health reforms in place that have not only restored the adequate patient pool but in fact there is often an overflow of patients...
anyway...this info was gleaned directly from faculty at BU...if any of it is off or u disagree it's always useful to go to the school and check it out urself... but i thought i'd put it out there for those starting or thinking about BU and are getting a negative impression of the school from these forums and dr.badvibes 😉 (heheheh)...
more to come for those interested....
was hoping BU'ers could give up to date legit info on BU so that incoming applicants know what the real deal is....
day one of orientation was today and BU def knows how to treat its students...we were quite spoiled today with the freebie's and great food...esp the ice cream social....melted marshmellows! good lord.
anyways... At lunch each table had a faculty member to address our q's and discuss the school.... so here's some info that i thought might be useful for students who constantly read on this site that BU is a school for specialists and not enough clinical training is given...:
in first and second years there is APEX that you can complete in the school itself or BU affiliated clinics/practices... those 24 weeks of work is definitely amazing experience and a great way to get ur foot in the door with some prospective future employers
in ur third and fourth i believe there are externship programs (in addition to normal clinical work in the school) where u are required to work in BU affiliated clinics with close to little or no supervision...another chunk of GREAT clinical experience
each student in his third year is provided with a mentor who will oversee his clinical experience and make sure he is getting a wide spectrum of patients so that students are not performing one technique over and over..
patient pool...heated debate on the amount of patients BU is getting..and whether there are enuff to go around... here;s info right from the honcho's themselves : a handful of years back there were issues with MASS health and a lot of the patient pool werent' able to recieve dental care at the BU clinics... at that time there were not enuff to go around and a lot of students did not feel they were prepared to go out into the workforce without doing a GPR...as it stands there has been health reforms in place that have not only restored the adequate patient pool but in fact there is often an overflow of patients...
anyway...this info was gleaned directly from faculty at BU...if any of it is off or u disagree it's always useful to go to the school and check it out urself... but i thought i'd put it out there for those starting or thinking about BU and are getting a negative impression of the school from these forums and dr.badvibes 😉 (heheheh)...
more to come for those interested....
