This course is designed to provide student dentists an experiential learning experience in a research program, clinical program, public health program and/or institutional dental program. Career planning and service-learning are emphasized and coordinated with placement in a community-based site. Students learn by active participation in patient care and/or research, by observation and by discussion with mentors. Discussions and interviews with patients and dental residents and staff are also encouraged. This course provides an opportunity for students, based on their career goals, to participate in short-term elective dental educational experience external to the student dentist clinics. While the sites vary greatly, most experiences include some patient care experiences (observation, assisting, direct participation in patient care under the direct supervision of an approved mentor). Extramural experiences are customized for each student dentist.

This course is designed to provide student dentists an experiential learning experience in a research program, clinical program, public health program and/or institutional dental program. Career planning and service-learning are emphasized and coordinated with placement in a community-based site. Students learn by active participation in patient care and/or research, by observation and by discussion with mentors. Discussions and interviews with patients and dental residents and staff are also encouraged. This course provides an opportunity for students, based on their career goals, to participate in short-term elective dental educational experience external to the student dentist clinics. While the sites vary greatly, most experiences include some patient care experiences (observation, assisting, direct participation in patient care under the direct supervision of an approved mentor). Extramural experiences are customized for each student dentist.