Finding your professional voice

After reading case 4 in section 2 in the covid activity workbook, I started to squeeze my brain and try to remember every single factor that may contribute to the patient’s presenting complaint. lest’s discuss the situation of this patient>>>>>> presenting complaint was shooting pain in the teeth during the morning run and when drinking cold Read More…

As much as I feel like I am the most incompetent practitioner there is out there, I am actually very excited to go out and start placements around Melbourne next year. I’m excited to apply all this new theory I’ve accumulated out into practice. Hopefully next year while on placement, I can begin to start Read More…

I cannot believe I haven’t told everyone about the absolute wild time I had at ADA this year. ADA was nothing like I had expected it to be. I thought it would be boring, like a super serious event with all these dental professionals walking around in suits being very formal and professional. But when Read More…

Now that we are nearing the end of second year, the feeling of burn out and fatigue is real. I don’t know about any else but I am mentally exhausted from the year we’ve had, it seems like I could never catch a break and have been thinking about teeth 24/7. Now don’t get me Read More…

I never thought that assisting would be overly useful for me. Originally, I thought that it might even be a bit of a waste of my time. My reasoning was- if I’m going to be spending time in the clinic, then why don’t I get to do examinations and perform treatment so I can practice Read More…

The day I will not forget >>>>>>14/06/2021 While I was in pain at that moment, I started to only think about my study and career. I was worried about how to keep myself updated with my course. I also started to imagine that all the hard work I have done in the gym will go Read More…

One of my patients who presented to me for a general check-up in July was impacted by the lockdown restrictions. The patient is 13 years old and was accompanied by his father. The patient presented with flu symptoms including temperature and cough. They passed the checkpoint on the entry door at RDHM without documenting the Read More…

Learning about all the ethical principles and rules and regulations in our ethics subject has got me thinking like I’m some top lawyer. I swear I’ll be working and an issue will arise wherein I could counter something like, ‘actually according to section 3.3 of the code of conduct,’ or, ‘actually under the national law,’ Read More…

For the few sessions I was in the clinic doing Telehealth…I actually did not find it that bad. Sure it was nerve racking holding the phone up to your ear and dialling a strangers number to ask them to complete a questionnaire that would unearth their many deep and darkest dental secrets. But once you Read More…

This is a story I’ve been meaning to tell for a while now, but just haven’t made the time to sit down and write it and ask for some advice. One time, I was in the peads clinic and had this lovely 12 yr old girl come in with her mother. She was just the Read More…