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Virtual Dental Shadowing Hours

Started by jental
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jental

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I did some virtual shadowing during COVID with those programs like Dental Shadowers. Besides that I have around 160 hours of shadowing in person. I'm wondering if it's worth putting the virtual shadowing or not? It equates to about 6 hours of shadowing.
 
I agree. Your 160 in-person hours is enough to formally mention in your application. Perhaps the virtual experience let you actually see inside the patient's mouth and some case discussion, but I typically ignore anything that has fewer than 50 hours attributed to it. Don't waste the slot.