What is MRONJ? MRONJ or Medication-induced osteonecrosis of the jaw is a disease that results from the taking of certain medication. Often, the medication includes drugs that prevent skeletal related events with cancer and bone metastases ( like antiresorptive and antiangiogenic drugs [reducing resorption of bone and the growth of new blood vessels]). Necrosis isContinue reading “MRONJ”
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The Pillars of Ethics in Dentistry: Dental MMI Tips
The first that you should do to prepare for your interviews is to look into the pillars of ethics. These should form the basis of any ethical/ decision making or scenario type questions that will definitely come up. Equally, knowing about the pillars is somewhat useful in the Situational Judgement Section of the UCAT. HereContinue reading “The Pillars of Ethics in Dentistry: Dental MMI Tips”
Medical/Dental Articles: Making Your Application Standout
An essential part of making your application standout is to read about your degree. Further to reading books, a great way to strengthen your application is to read scientific articles on topics in dentistry and medicine. The benefits of this are threefold. Not only do you learn new things about the area you’re hoping toContinue reading “Medical/Dental Articles: Making Your Application Standout”
Lessons I Learnt From The Motivation Myth by Jeff Haden
The Problem with the Definition of Motivation The problem with defining motivation as purely as ‘initiating behaviours’ is that it does ‘initiate behaviours’ at all and that is a very common misconception. I find that many feel as if in order to do x I need to feel motivatedy. However, what Jeff says is thatContinue reading “Lessons I Learnt From The Motivation Myth by Jeff Haden”
Tooth Decay: Dental MMIs
History Tooth decay or dental caries was once thought to be caused by a worm. And if you think about it, this is sensible. Back then, most rotten or decayed fruit and veg was caused by worms. The worms would burrow through the food, creating little holes and this is more or less what toothContinue reading “Tooth Decay: Dental MMIs”
The Best Way to Revise for Exams- Make It Stick Summary and Review part 3
Learning Styles A strategy that schools really like to emphasise is that we should stick to our ‘learning style’- this is basically the only thing I remember from lectures on revision. And I’ve always thought this was slightly dodgy but have never been able to explicitly say why. The authors come up with a veryContinue reading “The Best Way to Revise for Exams- Make It Stick Summary and Review part 3”
The Best Way to Revise for Exams- Make It Stick summary and review part 2
Recall and Retrieval Retrieval or recall is proven to be one the most effective way to study (numerous studies discussed in the book) and I personally believe it is one of the easiest to implement . The definition is pretty self-evident- it involves recalling facts and concepts from memory. An example of this is flashcardsContinue reading “The Best Way to Revise for Exams- Make It Stick summary and review part 2”
The Best To Revise For Exams – Make It Stick review and summary part 1
Learning is a very intuitive thing that we do throughout your lives. From learning to speak to learning to drive a car, we are constantly putting information into our brain- to learn is human nature. However, many of us are trying to learn new things the wrong way. Gone are the days of your 2 year old brain which can pick up a completely new language, having only lived for a fraction of your life. Our brain doesn’t simply soak up information like a sponge anymore and we haven’t really been taught an effective way to assimilate new concepts since.
How To Answer Scenario Questions (ethics, empathy, confidentiality, consent): Dental/Medical MMI tips
Pillars of ethics Structure Rules And Principles For Talking About Most Scenarios Consent GDC Most scenario questions are based along these principles so learning them would be very useful. Good things to learn include: Equality Act Moral Stances Talking to Patients
List of Interview Questions for Dentistry
List of dentistry interview/MMI questions
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