On Thursday 19th April, the MUDRSoc held the third event in its Dental Fundamentals series. This lecture was given to us by Dr Neil Patel, Specialist in Oral Surgery. Dental implants are becoming a more refined technology, as well as an increasingly used technique for treating patients with various needs. Dr Patel began his talk[…]
On Wednesday the 11th of April, the MUDRSoc held its first in a series of wellbeing events this term, the posture and stretching workshop, which was lead by Rachel Morris. As dental students, we spend a lot of time working on clinics. This means we spend a lot of our time with bent backs and[…]
With exam season just around the corner, we’ve put in some tips together to make sure you can get the best out of yourself this year: Stay Active Studying is a very stagnant activity, one where you will be sat for hours leaning over a notebook or computer. All this time sat down might tire[…]
It’s that time of the year again! With the OSCEs fast approaching, we’ve decided to put together a list of top tips to help refresh your memory or give a bit of additional information for those of you who are first-timers. The dental school uses the following format for the second years’ OSCE: 14[…]
On Tuesday the 20th of March, the MUDRSoc held their ‘Choosing a Practice’ event. This event was specifically to help our Year 5 BDS students with their upcoming interviews for foundation year placements. This talk was delivered to us by Dr Phil Dawson and his current FY1 graduate, Lucy Broxson. The talk started with Dr[…]
With exams fast approaching, the MUDRSoc has a selection of wellbeing events scheduled for this term to allow you to destress and really ace this years finals! The University of Manchester has found six ways to well-being. These are six actions that can make you feel better and can be key to maintaining well-being: […]
Numerous BDS and BSc students participated in the Wikipedia Project in its first year here at the University of Manchester Dental School. After being allocated to groups comprising of different year groups and a mixture of BDS and BSc students, groups were assigned a variety of topics. The aim was to work together to improve[…]
Got a busy day of clinics and a short lunch break? Here is our list of some of the best places to get food around the Dental Hospital that will fill your stomach and won’t hurt your pocket. Filling Station Up on the second floor of the dental hospital, you will find the Filling[…]
We are lucky enough to be studying a course that is currently making huge advancements in technology and patient experience across the globe. We thought we’d have a quick look at just a few current advancements, which might inspire you to look further. Scottish company, Reminova, was founded in 2014 and looks reverse damage caused[…]
On Tuesday the 13th of February, the MUDR Society held the first of their talks in their Dental Fundamentals series – Dentures. There was a healthy turn out for this event as students were able to gain knowledge from our speakers as well as ask their own case-related questions. The first of our talks was[…]