Midwestern Clinic Update/ rumor mill

[Oracle DMD]

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I just talked to some faculty here at MWU about the plans for our clinic that is being built right now.
So D3's will work 2 to a chair in 20 chair sections. D4's will have their own chairs. We will also have a section for hygiene. In the situation that you encounter a situation that's over your head, you will take your patient to a specialist. Each specialty had thier own section. You will take your patient over to that section and either assist a specialist or be guided by the specialist through the proceedure. There will also be a section for emergency patients to be seen as well.
In total there will be a little over 240 chairs, and patients will be passed down from class to class. As far as practice management, we begin using axiom educational practice mgmt software starting in D2. By the time you graduate you will have 7 quarters of practice mgmt classes. Also, in D4 you will be responsible for recall reports, overhead reports, cost effective materials use, and other reports that you will need to deal with as the owner of a private practice.

Just a heads up for what's goin' down out here in AZ!

 

[Jake8]

Sounds impressive, I like the practice management aspect. Any idea on how much free reign you will have in general care before you have to use the specialist? Say you have the situation later on where you need to do X procedure and are comfortable doing it, but technically it could be specialty work, do you have to take the patient there or are the specialists only for when you are over your head?

 

[Oracle DMD]

If you can do it, and you feel comfortable doing it; you'll have the support system in place to do it yourself. You'll be extracting wisdom teeth and doing lots of endo. Everything at MWU is in place for you and for the patient. It should be really exciting!

 

[xhamburgersamx]

D4will have their own chair , meaning that is the chair you will use throughout the year and no one else can reserve it? Also will you be doing endo/perio/oral all on teh same chair or are there sections?

 

[Oracle DMD]

yep. it's yours. if you need the help of a specialist, they're there to help.

 

[haisha ni narou]

I took a gander at it as drove by today. It looks like you could fit a football field in that hole!

 

[DentalStar007]

I took a gander at it as drove by today. It looks like you could fit a football field in that hole!

Exactly where is the clinic being built?

 

[haisha ni narou]

Exactly where is the clinic being built?

On the SE corner of 59th and Utopia, just north of the medical clinic. Look for it tomorrow on your way in, you can't miss the construction.