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Programs : GPR Externship
GPR Externship Program
Due to the Patriot Act restrictions, we are no longer accepting applications from non-US citizens and/or non-permanent residents.
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. Externships are only scheduled during the third week of July until December 1; so please plan ahead if you are interested in coming to UCSF at that time.
Arrangements for room and board must be made by the extern. The housing office may be contacted by calling (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. Call our office to get the name of the contact person as it changes year by year.
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:
General Practice Residency Program
Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
University of California, San Francisco
Attn: Dr. Frank Grimaldi, GPR Externship Program
707 Parnassus Avenue, D-1050
San Francisco, CA 94143-0755
Phone: (415) 476-8226
Fax: (415) 502-6489
or you may contact Dr. Frank Grimaldi by email at vrdentist@aol.com
Please fill out the following forms and return them to the address listed above: