Hey All,
I am a rising Junior following the Pre-med/pre-dent track. I had never really thought about a career in dentistry until recently, when I shadowed a general dentist for a day. Im still debating between medical and dental school and taking the respective admission exam this summer.
That aside, I was planning on volunteering in a Pediatric Blood and Marrow transplant center, where I would work with the patients and play games with them, listen to them, keep them happy and stressfree, etc. I understand this is more of a 'medical' clinical experience. But my thinking is that it would also suffice and be looked positively on as a clinical experience for dental school admissions?
I also will be shadowing a few pediatric dentists soon and hopefully a few oral surgeons. So i definitely will have dental-specific clinical experience. I was just wondering whether you think this volunteering is a good opportunity in terms of dental school admissions or if I should look for a more dental-oriented volunteering opportunity.
Thank you in advance!
I am a rising Junior following the Pre-med/pre-dent track. I had never really thought about a career in dentistry until recently, when I shadowed a general dentist for a day. Im still debating between medical and dental school and taking the respective admission exam this summer.
That aside, I was planning on volunteering in a Pediatric Blood and Marrow transplant center, where I would work with the patients and play games with them, listen to them, keep them happy and stressfree, etc. I understand this is more of a 'medical' clinical experience. But my thinking is that it would also suffice and be looked positively on as a clinical experience for dental school admissions?
I also will be shadowing a few pediatric dentists soon and hopefully a few oral surgeons. So i definitely will have dental-specific clinical experience. I was just wondering whether you think this volunteering is a good opportunity in terms of dental school admissions or if I should look for a more dental-oriented volunteering opportunity.
Thank you in advance!
