Teaching Experience

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It makes complete sense that a medical doctor is benefited from previous teaching experience by way of explaining disease processes better to their patients.

Just some food for thought.

 

[Blackstars]

Hi

I wanted to share with you some new knowledge I have come across:

Apparantly, many of my medical school colleagues here at UConn have had previous teaching experience on account that it is something specific looked highly favoribly by medical school admissions personnel: "medical schools look highly upon teaching skills."

It makes complete sense that a medical doctor is benefited from previous teaching experience by way of explaining disease processes better to their patients.

However, do you think that previous teaching experience will enhance the chance of an applicant to gain admissions to dental school?

Personally, I think if previous teaching experience is such a benefit for the medical school applicant, then it would be the same for the dental school applicant.

Just some food for thought.

I think it depends on the kind of teaching, some applicants who were TA's for classes often put this down on their application as teaching experience, which to me is stretching it a bit. I was a Ta for several classes, needless to say I did not put this down on my application as teaching experience. There is a differnce between explaining a new concept to lecture hall full of students and replaining or reteaching what the has been taught to the students in a different way, in order to help them get a better grasp of the concept.
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[Haga]

admissions personnel: "medical schools look highly upon teaching skills."

this post makes me feel a little bit better on applying to Dental School next year, if the facts are face value. My Major is Elementary Science Education. Thanks OP, I thought maybe my major would probably inhibit my acceptance due to all the Chemistry and Bio majors out there. If it is true, glad that some ADCOMs look at apps this way.