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Does anyone know what externships out there are observation only, and will accept 2nd year students? I know UW does, and I've heard that Fresno might as well.
Do you happen to have a contact for the externship Yah? It doesn't appear to be advertised on the website.
I did an externship at UCSF after summer of 2nd year. My classmates did their UCSF externship after 3rd year. Funny how all of us did only observational.
Does anyone know what externships out there are observation only, and will accept 2nd year students? I know UW does, and I've heard that Fresno might as well.
what is an observational externship?
From what I gather, it's basically shadowing, possibly with some bonus scut work if you're lucky
wouldn't you rather pull some teeth, suture, drill some holes, place some screws, and wire some jaws rather than just watch it? then the scut work will seem worth it.
Hell yes I would! But considering that I won't be seeing my first patient until the quarter after my externship, and won't have had my oral surgery block until the quarter after that, I doubt many schools would be too keen on letting me drill into someones mandible.
the funny thing is that drilling into someones mandible is a lot easier than doing a DO on #15. They should let you do some bone drilling before tooth drilling. We have had 1 second year extern in the past and by the time he went to do his dental school OMS block, he had already pulled more teeth than people who had finished their block. He earned it though.
the funny thing is that drilling into someones mandible is a lot easier than doing a DO on #15.