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- I grew up in Portland, Oregon,
and I did go to dental school here at OHSU.
I graduated in 2012
and I thought I received
a great pre-doctoral education here,
so it only made sense
for me to come back to OHSU for endo.
- Well, our Advanced Education program
is a 24-month program.
And typically, at OSU,
we take residents that have been out
in practice for a number of years,
as we'd like to have students that have had a good number
of general dentistry experiences,
and we typically take three per year,
so we have a total of six residents every year.
And during this program, you get extensive knowledge
on just the foundations of endodontics,
as well as a lot of clinical care.
- The faculty are great.
I mean, everyone is so laid back, really easy to approach.
They just bring a bunch of real-world experience
to the program,
so it's another level of information
that we wouldn't get otherwise
and I really appreciate that.
- I think part of the big draw for this program
is the fact that we have
a lot of faculty from different places,
and so there is definitely a collaboration
and difference of opinion.
With that said, there's really no set dogma.
We do not expect any one of our residents
to abide by just one specific rule,
but rather bring forth new ideas
as long as they're supported by evidence,
and we get to treat patients
in a really collaborative environment.
- We get our referrals from a variety of sources.
A lot of 'em are internal from the pre-doctoral students,
but also we get quite a bit from outside in the community.
And we start the process with a tele-dentistry appointment,
where we triage the patient
and determine if they do in fact
need our services here in the endodontic department.
Then we bring 'em in and do a thorough in-person evaluation
and treat 'em accordingly.
- As a resident, you will have the opportunity
to work with technology
that makes your provision of care innovative.
We have a cone beam CT,
a limited field of view Carestream 8100
located within the endodontic suite.
So, you'll be able to use the CBCT for diagnosis,
you'll be able to use it for in-treatment
location of canals,
and you'll be able to use this for outcome assessment
of the care that you've delivered.
- My co-residents are great.
I feel like it's a really collaborative environment
that we're in.
And so, we really support each other,
kind of help each other with cases.
A lot of the residents come from very different backgrounds
and different clinical experience,
so it's really easy to bounce ideas off of each other
and get help when you need it.
- Working with the residents is so much fun.
I myself was a clinical endodontist for a long time,
so coming back and being able to teach
and just seeing kind of their light bulbs go off
is one of the best things.
So, in having residents that have been out
for a little while,
they also have some of that foundational knowledge,
so we can talk on the same terms.
We treat everybody as they come in as colleagues,
not as residents necessarily,
and so our seminars are a lot of just bouncing ideas
off of each other and just kind of sharing knowledge,
rather than that traditional teacher-student feel.
- Portland is a wonderful place to live,
whether you're single or you have a family,
there's something here for everyone,
whether you like the outdoors or you like to eat out,
tons of activities here locally every year.
And I grew up here and I've really enjoyed it.
- Portland has been great so far.
I mean, coming from Southern California,
the weather has definitely been something
to get used to for us,
but it is beautiful.
My husband and I have gone out
and done a couple of the hikes here in city, in Portland,
and then gone to the coast.
There's tons of great restaurants and breweries,
and things like that.
It's just beautiful.
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