Dental School Tech?

[TheWholeTooth99]

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Anyone have any favorite tech they use in dental school or suggestions on what would be helpful?

Would love to hear opinions on tablets (I'm considering the new iPad Pro personally), note taking apps, other helpful apps, or other tech people use or plan on using. I've seen a lot of Apple watches on students as well and am debating on getting one of those too. I know all the gadgets are not necessary, but can make things easier (especially tablets for note taking when lectures have a lot of material). Any thoughts are appreciated!

 

[BluntForceTrauma]

I may be from the stone age, but pen and paper have served me well in my D-School career. It makes me laugh so hard when a professor says something, mentions that it might be on the test and then you immediately hear a furious cacophony of typing. I just prefer to write, and there have actually been studies done about it regarding writing your notes.

That said, I have a few classmates who love the iPad for writing their notes. Much like Tufts however, the only downside is the price.

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[PreDentTechySon]

We had to get ipads for our school to take our exams. Everyone uses Notability to load the lectures on and take notes. It’s a really great app. You can record audio, take pictures, air-drop notes to other people. Really made studying very convenient.

In the clinic, I bought an electric blood cuff. It’s really helpful when you’ve got a lot of procedures to do and you just need to get a baseline blood pressure. They have manual ones but it’s sometimes hard to hear when it’s a full clinic.

 

[TanMan]

Anyone have any favorite tech they use in dental school or suggestions on what would be helpful?

Would love to hear opinions on tablets (I'm considering the new iPad Pro personally), note taking apps, other helpful apps, or other tech people use or plan on using. I've seen a lot of Apple watches on students as well and am debating on getting one of those too. I know all the gadgets are not necessary, but can make things easier (especially tablets for note taking when lectures have a lot of material). Any thoughts are appreciated!

Technology is a double edged sword... If you need to take notes AND are not distracted by the conveniences of technology, you could use the aforementioned tools (tablets/touchscreen laptops) to take notes or record lectures. If you get distracted easily by the availability of wifi and/or other distractions BUT need to take notes, you may want to stick to paper and pencil. However, if you plan to do other things besides take notes for mandatory classes (such as watch movies, study for boards, check email, gaming, etc...), get a laptop based on your needs.

Edit: IIRC, there were some classes that were too early, boring and had mandatory attendance, an advantage of a large laptop and proper positioning, would be to hide the fact that we were sleeping or doing other stuff.

 

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Wireless headphones for sim lab. Wires + burs don't mix well.

 

[BluntForceTrauma]

Wireless headphones for sim lab. Wires + burs don't mix well.

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[knewstance]

I typically hand write all of my notes. On my 3rd notebook already! I think it helps me to remember things better when I physically write them down. I usually print out lectures, 4 slides per page and take notes on those too.

A smartwatch will be of no more value to you in dental school than it would in any other setting. Lots of students like iPads or the Surface. If you are dying to spend money on tech, those are probably a pretty sound investment along with an apple pencil.

Really the only "required" tech you would need would either be a laptop and or a tablet for viewing/printing slides.

 

[Saddleshoes]

I may be from the stone age, but pen and paper have served me well in my D-School career. It makes me laugh so hard when a professor says something, mentions that it might be on the test and then you immediately hear a furious cacophony of typing. I just prefer to write, and there have actually been studies done about it regarding writing your notes.

Every time the topic of tech in Dental School lectures comes up I scratch my head a little bit. It seems to me that the people that are going to be making a living using their hands might just want to take notes using their hands also.

I don't know about all dentists, but this dentist is a "tactual learner". I have to touch it and manually manipulate it to learn it. I tend to take notes everywhere I go. I may never look at the note again but if I don't write it down the first time I may not remember it.