Hi all,
Did anyone else have this experience when doing work experience? I recently did 2 days of work experience at a community dental clinic. I found the procedures and hands on work to be interesting especially when the dentist explained them.
But at times especially when the dentist was doing admin work I felt incredibly bored, I was just sat there and I couldn't do much (bcs of health & safety). I asked questions which were great but they were very busy when doing admin work & all I could do was observe. Also sometimes it would become pitch silent, I did ask lots of questions but I felt more like a hinderence. Did anyone else have this experience? Is it normal to be bored sometimes during work experience?
Also I did get a quite bored from observing for 8 hours, I feel like if I did the actual work (which IK I cant) I would've been more interested. Is it normal to get bored from standing and observing for 8 hrs? Did any dental students/dentists (or any other professions) have the same experience?
How would you compare observing the work and actually doing it?