You check your timetable, and you see you’ve been scheduled onto your first OS clinic. How are they letting you loose on extracting teeth, when you’re still getting to grips with using a dental mirror?! Try not to panic! This article aims to equip you with the basic knowledge to confidently head onto Oral Surgery[…]
Being a dental student can be stressful; there are exams, essay deadlines, not to mention the thought of your first extraction or RCT looming over you. It’s easy to get caught up in the whirlwind that is dental school and forget there is a whole world out there post-graduation, with its own unique challenges and[…]
Hey guys! Welcome back to the MUDRsoc blog. It’s been a few months since we’ve last posted, but in the time that’s past, we have been busy recruiting new members to join the committee, as well as planning lots of new and exciting events for you all to attend, not forgetting the annual British Undergraduate[…]
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[…]