Concerns about Pittsburgh - poor board exam score & low patient pool

[shingshing]

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Hi, I am thinking to attend Pittsburgh, but i have heard bad things about the school. In particular, the low passing rate of board exam and the small pool of patients, which affects students' clinical experience. How do Pitts students think about these issues?
Is Nova better?

 

[Meggs]

Hi, I am thinking to attend Pittsburgh, but i have heard bad things about the school. In particular, the low passing rate of board exam and the small pool of patients, which affects students' clinical experience. How do Pitts students think about these issues?
Is Nova better?

The patient pool reflects the city in which the school is located. The bigger the city, the bigger the patient pool. The same with diversity, etc...

 

[MilesOfSmiles]

The patient pool reflects the city in which the school is located. The bigger the city, the bigger the patient pool. The same with diversity, etc...

Hi was just wondering if Pittsburgh Uni v had a adv standing prog as well ..I guess not but was jus t curious coz i saw this post .
wha t are their admission criterias

 

[Pittisit]

I am currently a third year at the University of Pittsburgh School of Dental Medicine. We do not have any problems with the Boards. I don't know where this rumor comes from but on the NBDE Part I this year we were 2 points above the national average across the board. As far as patient pool is concerned, Pittsburgh isn't the biggest city in the world, but we don't have problems with patients. We have the same problems as everyone else in different dental schools have, such as the occassional patient disappointments. However, quickly you differentiate your good patients from bad and get the bad ones out of your name. I understand that other cities are bigger like Philly or Boston but they also have multiple dental schools that split the patient pool. My experience here has been very positive and we do accept advanced standing in fact we have 4 in the third year class. Please feel free to post any other questions

 

[drhobie7]

The patient pool reflects the city in which the school is located. The bigger the city, the bigger the patient pool. The same with diversity, etc...

You can't tell me Pittsburgh isn't a big enough city. How many patients do you want? I doubt any dental student could handle over 50 active patients. I have 20 and they're killing me. However, setting up a dental school in Nutsac, AK (pop. 2,384) would be another story.