GPR Externship

GPR Externship Program

The University of California, San Francisco offers a two-week externship in the General Practice Residency Program in the Oral Maxillofacial Surgery Department. The externship program is designed for senior dental students who desire additional exposure to hospital-oriented dentistry and more experience in dealing with special need patients. Externs will be supervised by the GPR Faculty, OMFS faculty and resident staff at the University of California Medical Center and at San Francisco General Hospital. Externs spend a two-week block in our program.

Arrangements for room and board must be made by the extern. The housing office website has information about lodging, and their number is (415) 476-1426. There may also be housing available at the Psi Omega Fraternity house (Attn: House Manager, 101 Woodland Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94117) during the summer months.

Educational Objectives and Requirements

Objectives

  • To obtain experience in ambulatory dentoalveolar surgery.
  • To learn the scope of Hospital Dentistry
  • To obtain experience in management of the hospitalized patient.
  • To have the opportunity to evaluate the GPR Residency Program at the University of California.

Requirements

  • Completion of the Junior year of Dental School.
  • Availability of 2 weeks.
  • Completion of application for an elective at the University of California, San Francisco.
  • Enrolled in a Dental school at the time of externship.
  • We will require a dean's letter confirming academic good standing.
  • We will require a letter from a Clinical Restorative Dentist confirming clinical competency.
  • $50 application fee. Checks should be payable to UC Regents.

For more information please contact:

Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
University of California, San Francisco
Re: GPR Externship Application
521 Parnassus Ave, Rm C522
San Francisco, CA 94143-0440

Phone: (415) 476-8226
Fax: (415) 502-6489

(or) you may contact Dr. Sophia Saeed, Program Director, by email at sophia.saeed@ucsf.edu.

Please fill out the following forms and return them to the address listed above:
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