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Dental Healthcare Program in Las Terrenas
Dental Healthcare Program in Las Terrenas
by: Fundación Aldeas De Paz - Peace Villages Foundation
This Dentistry observation and experience opportunity offers you hands-on work experience and is aimed at current professionals and aspiring dentists. It provides an opportunity to work in a local hospital-based dental clinic or a neighborhood health clinic, where you will experience the stark contrast between Western practice and the day-to-day realities at a public dental clinic in a developing ...
This Dentistry observation and experience opportunity offers you hands-on work experience and is aimed at current professionals and aspiring dentists. It provides an opportunity to work in a local hospital-based dental clinic or a neighborhood health clinic, where you will experience the stark contrast between Western practice and the day-to-day realities at a public dental clinic in a developing country. Your work schedule will be created during a meeting with the departmental director, volunteer coordinator, and supervisor. As with any medical service, volunteers should recognize that their schedules may be subject to sudden changes and are dictated by patients’ needs. During this observation and experience program, you will be shadowing the doctors and nurses and you will also be ab...
Program Highlights
Observe, shadow, and assist a professional dentist.
Learn dentistry practices while working alongside and spending time with specialists.
Encourage and teach the prevention of oral diseases through proper hygiene and regular check-ups for professional cleaning and evaluation (special prevention program for pregnant women).
Provide oral health services support when needed, including dental assistance, dental hygiene, and dental therapy.
Assist the dentist according to your skills and experience with dental treatments: dental restorations, crowns, dentures, tooth extraction, and dental examinations and diagnosis.
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- Las Terrenas, Dominican Republic
- 2-4 Weeks
- 5-8 Weeks
- 3-6 Months
- 9-12 Weeks
- 7-12 Months
- Dental
- Health
- Health Care
- Health Education
- Hospital
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- All Nationalities
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I made new friends, improved my Spanish, and learned a lot about a new culture and myself.
by: KristinaProgram: Dental Healthcare Program in Las TerrenasI spent a total of 6 months in the Dominican Republic and can generally say that I love the country. I went to two different hospitals and then to the dentist. I hoped that I would get a real insight into medicine there and that this would help me decide what to study, but I have to say that this was unfortunately not the case. There was really absolutely nothing to do in the first hospital and we sat there for four hours a day just reading. On average, we had maybe two patients a day, nobody ca...
A tremendously enriching experience!
by: Sun - Dominican RepublicProgram: Dental Healthcare Program in Las TerrenasMy experience in Samana with Aldeas de Paz has definitely exceeded my expectations in a couple of different aspects. First, by working as a dental assistant through the dental care program, I was able to work with a dentist side by side, directly interact with patients, and closely observe the reality of dental care in a developing country. The Staff at the hospital including my dentist were very nice to me which made it easy to adapt and become part of the team. It had been a valuable experienc...
It was an absolute blast!
by: ThomasProgram: Dental Healthcare Program in Las TerrenasA few weeks from when I wrote this, I stepped on to a small budget airliner and made my way across the Caribbean to the Dominican Republic. Before this experience I had never left the United States, and I was unsure what my time in Samana would be like. Needless to say, it was an absolute blast. I volunteered in a small dental clinic in Las Pascualas, a small, sleepy city on the outskirts of Samana. Volunteering in the clinic opened my eyes to some of the difficulties associated with public he...
Program Details
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Locations
- Las Terrenas, Dominican Republic
Types and Subjects
- Fields
- Dentistry
- Health Administration
- Causes
- Dental
Availability
Years Offered: Year Round
- 1 Year
- 1-3 Months
- 2-4 Weeks
Age Requirement
Age Requirement Varies
Guidelines
- All Nationalities
- This Program is also open to Solo, Couples, Group
Cost per week
Program Cost Includes
- Internship Placement
Accommodation Options
- Group living
- Guest House
- Home-stays
Qualifications & Experience
Any/All Education Levels Accepted
Application Procedures
- Online Application
- Resume
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