Journal Club

Catalog description

The Second-Year residents will be required to have the ability to critically review relevant scientific literature as a foundation for life - long learning and as a way to adapt to new modifications in a constantly changing health care environment. At the b eginning of the course, residents will be given instruction in the art of searching information at the available resources, including the library and information technology. Then, after careful preparation, residents are given reading assignments and artic les to critically review such and submit their own decisions regarding a specific topic. The Journal Club meets every week throughout the entire year. PROG 9515 - Professional Studies in Dentistry. Zero (0) credit. This is a course directed to graduated students in Dentistry. The student selects a specific area of Dentistry in which he/she shows interest in order to deepen his/her knowledge and to develop even more the skills previously acquired. The student is expos ed to the most recent literature in all fields of Dentistry and to enhance his/her capacity to critically analyze divergent points of view and to become familiar with the new trends.