Moonlighting as a Professor with a DDS?

[seji]

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Is the DDS enough to teach say general chemistry or biology at a local university, or do you need to be on the phd track?

 

[Sublimazing]

Is the DDS enough to teach say general chemistry or biology at a local university, or do you need to be on the phd track?

Dont know why you'd do this but, no...college professors are almost all hired by their universities to do research for the school, the teaching is just a small part of their job

So no, this wouldn't work

 

[dentalbro2016]

Is the DDS enough to teach say general chemistry or biology at a local university, or do you need to be on the phd track?

Forgive me, but what is moonlighting?

 

[Sublimazing]

Forgive me, but what is moonlighting?

Moonlighting is doing a side job during off hours while maintaining a primary job

For denties usually it describes working as a dentist while in residency

 

[dentalprodigy]

Why?

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[wired202808]

Dont know why you'd do this but, no...college professors are almost all hired by their universities to do research for the school, the teaching is just a small part of their job

So no, this wouldn't work

It varies by school. Most schools will accept an MS degree for adjunct professors and there were a few MDs teaching at my post-bac school, even though they did not have a PhD. I think it might be tougher to teach Gen Chem but I would argue a case towards teaching A&P.

 

[ysrebob]

even ivy-league PhDs are having a hard time finding full-time college positions in most fields right now... this is keeping down wages for part-timers too...

the going rate for "adjunct" teaching in biology (i.e. paid-by the class part time contract) is in the $3000 to $4000 ballpark for a semester-long class last time I heard. experienced profs figure at least 3 hours out-of-class time for every hour of actual lecture (preparing, grading, emails etc). i.e. you will be working for peanuts

 

[Daurang]

Yes you can volunteer to teach in school clinic. Many who haven't finished their requirement nor passed the board do that. then they later advertised they taught in dental school.

 

[bigbadaboom]

Yes you can volunteer to teach in school clinic. Many who haven't finished their requirement nor passed the board do that. then they later advertised they taught in dental school.

blind leading the blind

anyone graduated within 5 years should refrain themselves from teaching clinical dentistry IMO, paid or volunteer.

teaching academic/didactic or laboratory dentistry is OK... just my opinion.

 

[noles]

isn't the point of moonlighting to make extra cash? if so, teaching is probably the least productive thing you could do...unless you enjoy teaching, then by all means go for it. i plan on teaching one day when I'm "retired"

 

[Saddleshoes]

Is the DDS enough to teach say general chemistry or biology at a local university, or do you need to be on the phd track?

The community college where I teach requires some type of a teaching credential in addition to the DDS/DMD.

 

[Daurang]

blind leading the blind

anyone graduated within 5 years should refrain themselves from teaching clinical dentistry IMO, paid or volunteer.

That what I really hate about my east coast dental school even to this day. They got this AEGD resident gave us yearly national board review yet he himself haven't passed the board in a couple tries. Then I go visit my cousin a prestigious west coast dental school and there was this faculty who's only there cause he didn't passed the board yet.

 

[djeffreyt]

That what I really hate about my east coast dental school even to this day. They got this AEGD resident gave us yearly national board review yet he himself haven't passed the board in a couple tries. Then I go visit my cousin a prestigious west coast dental school and there was this faculty who's only there cause he didn't passed the board yet.

Depending on what a person is teaching, passing a board or not isn't that important. If a person is giving Board review, I would hope they would have passed that Board exam in their first try or at least done really well eventually showing they know what is on it and how to pass it.

On the other hand, a part time faculty member who hasn't passed a board in dental school isn't a bad thing to me depending on the course. If a person is teaching dental anatomy or histology and has passed both written boards but failed a clinical board (like WREB) where there isn't really any need to know book knowledge dental anatomy or histology, then I don't see a problem. If however the person is a clinical professor and failed clinical boards...well, that's a problem.