Dentistry Interviews 2012 entry

thanks for the reply x

everything?? its an iv question..
its pretty openended though, i guess

and also educating the older members of the population aswell from other ethnic backgrounds who may have some long term problems with there oral hygiene due to poverty etc.

i would say education aswell because when i had braces i was given a lot of information on how to keep my retainer clean and how to use those other small brushes effectively-cant remember what they are called though and you can link this with preventive dentistry aswell- what patchey said.
it may seem quite obvious but at the time when i was like 12 or something it wasn't lol

and also educating the older members of the population aswell from other ethnic backgrounds who may have some long term problems with there oral hygiene due to poverty etc.
hope that helps. i learned the latter on work experience when i went to a dental practice in a deprived area.

Interview at Manchester on the 21st

OMG! Me too :O :O :O

Seriously freaking out now!!

i would say education aswell because when i had braces i was given a lot of information on how to keep my retainer clean and how to use those other small brushes effectively-cant remember what they are called though and you can link this with preventive dentistry aswell- what patchey said.
it may seem quite obvious but at the time when i was like 12 or something it wasn't lol

and also educating the older members of the population aswell from other ethnic backgrounds who may have some long term problems with there oral hygiene due to poverty etc.
hope that helps. i learned the latter on work experience when i went to a dental practice in a deprived area.

Interview at Manchester on the 21st

ahhh Interview at Liverpool on 25th November! so nervouss but excited!!

me too!! I'm freeeaking out but yeah like you said, excited too!

Me tooooooooooooo is yours at 9:15??

It's 12pm in the afternoon, which is probably good as it means I can have some more sleep in the morning since I know I probably won't be able to sleep at night.

I rang Teresa Smith yesterday to confirm that I'm going, she seemed really friendly so hopefully that's an example of how the rest of the interviewers at Manchester Uni are like

I'm doing loads of dental/medical ethics research, I'm trying to get prepared for the group discussion interview which I'm dreading.

Teresa is part of admin and processes the application forms, she doesn't really carry out the interviews. Do a search on TSR for Manchester dental interview experiences of previous years, it seems they are quite formal, and base quite a few questions on your PS with at least 1 form of dental issue related question.

Thanks for letting me know, I'm going to do that later tonight

Thanks for letting me know, I'm going to do that later tonight

Hey,
I'm applying for dentistry this year and manchester have invited me for interview..
im worried about the group discussion. Do any of you know what came up last year as the discussion topic?

This is the first year they've done this style of interview at Manchester- the group bit is more ethical and then you have like 2 or 3 mini-interviews with different tutors from the course. So it will be different to interviews in the past.

I was doing some googling on PBL at Manchester and I found this. I don't know whether it's private or not but it came up on google so I doubt it is.

I have a theory that these group interviews are to test us on our suitability in PBL as well as other things. This may prove useful in terms of what the interviewers are expecting us to do, but it's just a theory on my part so feel free to shot it down. The article is still a good read however and will set you up for PBL questions.

(Check out the pre-admission interviewing section.)