I am taking this opportunity to do a little venting...so please forgive me or just stop reading.
Dental School sucks! Or at least this one does. They make it so hard to graduate and on some levels hope for failure. "
In order to graduate you must complete a certain number of each procedure and that makes total sense. But the school gets in the way of the students when they are trying to finish all their requirements. They have all these hoops you must jump through and a simple procedure can take days. Their prices are not discounted very much so who in their right mind would want to have dental work done for the same price by a student that requires 2 visits of at least 3 hours when they can go to a dentist and get everything done in one hour?
Boards just pisses me off so much I am almost shaking...it is just so poorly organized. Each student pays thousands of dollars to take practical boards which requires 3 parts (so sometimes 3 different patients). It is the student's responsibility to find the patients and make sure they show up. So what happens if your patient doesn't show up...you are SOL! Not only do you FAIL that portion but you have to pay to retake them. Who has an extra 2 grand hanging around?
Cory's patients all showed up and he will find out on Monday how he did but others were not so lucky...it just makes me sick! How can you force someone to come? They all get their work done for free and everybody pays their patients 50 to 200 buck to ensure attendance...so they have done everything they can to encourage their people to show up...but sometimes they don't. The student has zero time to find a back-up and they fail. Does that sound fair on any level?
After today Cory has the written part of boards to do and that is over 3 or 4 days in March. Cory is almost done with his requirements so he is on target to be done by graduation in May...so I am not freaking out for him I am just mad that you pay soooo much to go to dental school and you would think for all that money the school would have your back. You would think they would bend over backwards to help their students succeed. Nope! What do you do? Who can you complain to? Will any of these students ever give the university endowments?...will we? Over my dead body!
Thanks for letting me vent...I feel better already.
Say a prayer for Cory that he passes his boards...both written and practical.
Thanks
One venting L
5 comments:
agreed. to all. can't wait to be done with all of this craziness.
you got it! prayers on their way. =)
"serenity now...serenity now..."
Cory will kick board booty! Write a letter...serious....you'll feel better and they need to hear the truth!
Hi ... I followed a link to your blog from Shelly's blog. Is this the same Corry that has been calling my husband? We're in AZ ... he just graduated from Pitt last year. Anywho, I totally agree. It's all a crock. And I have to say working in the real world is somewhat disappointing too. Good luck with the job hunting stuff! I should write a blog post on that!
yes, boards are a nightmare and there has to be a better way to do it! It was so crazy stressful for Zach last year because of patient problems, he had to go all the way to kentucky to take his just to make it even more complex. So I feel for you guys! Good luck to Corey!
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