1. What activities have you performed to demonstrate your ability to work effectively with people?
Having grown up in India - a land of diverse cultures - and being part of a joint family was a legacy of my rich cultural heritage. The ideology and uniqueness of my joint family was helpful in developing my personality during my impressible years due to informal social interaction between the members of my family. Being the eldest of four sons, it was my responsibility to inculcate team spirit between the youngsters. The sharing of toys, candy and clothes brought everyone close and further resulted in helping each other in sports or studies. This upbringing taught us to get along with each other, foregoing ego, and learning to live together …show more content…
I was the lead coordinator responsible for organizing health camps in my Public Health posting during my internship. We had held camps in the rural village near Pune, India and provided free dental care to the people.
I have also participated and presented seminars and health talks in collaboration with international organization like ‘Rotary Club of Kanpur Metro’. I also volunteered as a dental assistant for the dental camp organized by California Dental Association Care in Ventura, California.
Holding dental camps for these people, talking to them, educating them and understanding their financial limitations in getting oral health care has not only helped me in understanding the thought process and the expectation of these people, but has also made me sensitive to the needs of other human beings.
I also volunteered for the organization, ‘Children’s Hunger Fund’. Over here, we do community service by helping pack food items and other relief materials which are to be shipped to poor countries such as Ghana, Haiti, Peru, Guatemala, Nepal and Mexico as well as to the local churches which provide food to the poor and homeless …show more content…
This will grant me the opportunity to access world-class education, as well as contribute in the field of research. I also want to learn as much as possible from my shadowing experience in the dental clinics, here in United States. Here, I have an opportunity to learn in-depth about cosmetic dentistry and implants, which will improve my knowledge in this field. I am learning about tooth preparation for veneers and crowns on extracted teeth. I have an excellent mentor, Dr. Kargodorian, who is teaching me about smile designing, veneers, and case planning while formulating a treatment plan for the patient who desires cosmetic treatments. I am also learning about the dental software, Dentrix, which is commonly used in United States. These pieces of software are new to me as I was not exposed to them in India. Shadowing Dr. Lala has allowed me to understand how to manage a large clinic with a large number of active patient base. This has also allowed me to attend seminars on sleep apnea, learn about it, and also about the appliances used for its treatment. I am positive that this experience will help me a lot in my practice in the near
Having grown up in India - a land of diverse cultures - and being part of a joint family was a legacy of my rich cultural heritage. The ideology and uniqueness of my joint family was helpful in developing my personality during my impressible years due to informal social interaction between the members of my family. Being the eldest of four sons, it was my responsibility to inculcate team spirit between the youngsters. The sharing of toys, candy and clothes brought everyone close and further resulted in helping each other in sports or studies. This upbringing taught us to get along with each other, foregoing ego, and learning to live together …show more content…
I was the lead coordinator responsible for organizing health camps in my Public Health posting during my internship. We had held camps in the rural village near Pune, India and provided free dental care to the people.
I have also participated and presented seminars and health talks in collaboration with international organization like ‘Rotary Club of Kanpur Metro’. I also volunteered as a dental assistant for the dental camp organized by California Dental Association Care in Ventura, California.
Holding dental camps for these people, talking to them, educating them and understanding their financial limitations in getting oral health care has not only helped me in understanding the thought process and the expectation of these people, but has also made me sensitive to the needs of other human beings.
I also volunteered for the organization, ‘Children’s Hunger Fund’. Over here, we do community service by helping pack food items and other relief materials which are to be shipped to poor countries such as Ghana, Haiti, Peru, Guatemala, Nepal and Mexico as well as to the local churches which provide food to the poor and homeless …show more content…
This will grant me the opportunity to access world-class education, as well as contribute in the field of research. I also want to learn as much as possible from my shadowing experience in the dental clinics, here in United States. Here, I have an opportunity to learn in-depth about cosmetic dentistry and implants, which will improve my knowledge in this field. I am learning about tooth preparation for veneers and crowns on extracted teeth. I have an excellent mentor, Dr. Kargodorian, who is teaching me about smile designing, veneers, and case planning while formulating a treatment plan for the patient who desires cosmetic treatments. I am also learning about the dental software, Dentrix, which is commonly used in United States. These pieces of software are new to me as I was not exposed to them in India. Shadowing Dr. Lala has allowed me to understand how to manage a large clinic with a large number of active patient base. This has also allowed me to attend seminars on sleep apnea, learn about it, and also about the appliances used for its treatment. I am positive that this experience will help me a lot in my practice in the near