Dental Anesthesia after GPR/AEGD?

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I'm a 4th year canadian student. Over the summer, after an internship in a medical center, I started to develop an interest in dental anesthesia. However, I was way too late in the admission process for this coming year. As I was already planning to do a GPR/AEGD in the States, i'm thinking about applying to DA after. Would a GPR do any good or bad to my application? I'm scared it will look bad on my resume that i'm not fresh from dental school.

I'm also planning to do externships this coming year since i don't have much experience in the field.

Good luck everyone!

 

[Sublimazing]

I'm a 4th year canadian student. Over the summer, after an internship in a medical center, I started to develop an interest in dental anesthesia. However, I was way too late in the admission process for this coming year. As I was already planning to do a GPR/AEGD in the States, i'm thinking about applying to DA after. Would a GPR do any good or bad to my application? I'm scared it will look bad on my resume that i'm not fresh from dental school.

I'm also planning to do externships this coming year since i don't have much experience in the field.

Good luck everyone!

I think it will only improve your application. Many GPRs give you airway, sedation, and medical management experience. Try to spend some time with the anesthesiologists while you’re there and do some tubes/learn the drugs. It’s definitely better than a year of private practice.

Well at least that’s exactly how it went for me.

 

[DarthDDS]

I’ve spoken to some program directors about this. They typically like to take students who are fresh out of school or did not do a prior residency. And according to them it’s a “money thing”. The government only gives the program “X” about of dollars to train residents for one residency. Since GPR/AEGD is considered residency they have to pay out of their own pocket to train you. Hope that made sense.