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[…]
On Wednesday the 28th February, the MUDRSoc held its second event in the Dental Fundamentals series, specifically on endodontic fundamentals. This talk was given to us by Dr James Darcey, a restorative and endodontic specialist. The talk aimed to cover the whole of endodontics from both clinical and bioscientific aspects – and this was definitely[…]
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[…]
Dentistry has been a part of the NHS since its beginning. There’s a lot changes with regards to NHS Dentistry recently, as as we all studying in this sector, we thought it would be appropriate to explain NHS Dentistry from patient and operator perspectives. The NHS was set up in 1948 and there were and[…]
On Thursday the 1st of February, the MUDR Society held its first careers talk focused on specialising. The evening consisted of talks from three speakers all of whom have specialised into different branches of dentistry from both clinical and research aspects. The first talk was from Dr Ahmed El-Angbawi, Senior Lecturer at the university[…]
Ever wondered what life might be like after graduation? Sometimes it might feel too far away to even think about but we caught up with Dr Phillip Dawson, Clinical Tutor at the University of Manchester and he continues to work in practice a few days a week. We asked him to keep a diary[…]