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What Dental schools take a lot of classes with med school students? Is this a good or bad thing?
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Columbia and Harvard
They tend to be more medically oriented, as the guy at Columbia told us. It's personal preference as to whether it's a good or bad thing.
I don't think I'd like it that much though.
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They tend to be more medically oriented, as the guy at Columbia told us. It's personal preference as to whether it's a good or bad thing.
I don't think I'd like it that much though.
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yeah columbia does that.
i dont think i'll like that though.. I don't really see the point . Dentistry and Medicine are similar but I don't see the point of teaching them in same classroom. They were saying how dentists are doctors..etc..
Well, i guess it doens't hurt to know more than what you have to know.
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i dont think i'll like that though.. I don't really see the point . Dentistry and Medicine are similar but I don't see the point of teaching them in same classroom. They were saying how dentists are doctors..etc..
Well, i guess it doens't hurt to know more than what you have to know.
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I don't feel comfortable taking classes with the medical students. Friends at Columbia have told me that the profs prefer the medical students more and they adjust the exam schedule more catered to the medical students.
People at U.Washington have told me that also. They even said that medical students have office hours to go and talk to the profs while there is no adjustment made for the dental students. However, it is nice that since it is a class with the med students we are using the Pass/Fail system of grading.
But I want to be with other D1's.
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People at U.Washington have told me that also. They even said that medical students have office hours to go and talk to the profs while there is no adjustment made for the dental students. However, it is nice that since it is a class with the med students we are using the Pass/Fail system of grading.
But I want to be with other D1's.
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The University of Minnesota dental students also have classes with the medical students.
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From my understanding, the reason why most universities are combining dental students with the med students for the first 2 years is simply because dental programs at these schools do not get enough funding. It is much cheaper for the unversity to educate dental and medical students together.
The upside is that these dental students will receive a broader medically-based education for these first 2 years. The downside, which I feel is greater, includes minimal immersion into dentistry-related subjects such as operative dentistry, fixed & partial removable dentures, and early clinical procedures (impressions, anaesthesia). By the time sudents from these schools enter 3rd year, they will not have had sufficient experience nor confidence to begin clinical procedures on real patients---which is not their fault because these procedures are highly technical and take months of practice to become proficent at them.
I would encourage prospective students to consider schools that have a dental program that is completely separate from the medical program. Dental school is challenging enough with all the hours devoted to lab work and clinical work, why make your life any more difficult by learning medicine on top of your dental studies?
The upside is that these dental students will receive a broader medically-based education for these first 2 years. The downside, which I feel is greater, includes minimal immersion into dentistry-related subjects such as operative dentistry, fixed & partial removable dentures, and early clinical procedures (impressions, anaesthesia). By the time sudents from these schools enter 3rd year, they will not have had sufficient experience nor confidence to begin clinical procedures on real patients---which is not their fault because these procedures are highly technical and take months of practice to become proficent at them.
I would encourage prospective students to consider schools that have a dental program that is completely separate from the medical program. Dental school is challenging enough with all the hours devoted to lab work and clinical work, why make your life any more difficult by learning medicine on top of your dental studies?
