Changes in my career

The career of dentistry the University of Chile, has a totally new curriculum for about 5 years, product of this is that it has had a number of problems. For example, we have excessive work hours, making us study 5 (Evidence-based dentistry, health promotion, simulations, Diagnostics and English) subjects that have too many hours of work that prevents us from performing well in all subjects. In addition, many of these subjects are very badly organized and have been changing in the last moments causing uncertainty and stress in us as students. As for the work spaces within the university these are quite good in my opinion, however, they do not have enough implementation within them, hindering the development of activities. For example, patient simulators within preclinical laboratories or are insufficient in quantity or are in poor condition, other times the pressure of air or water is not sufficient for work and so other types of imperfections. As for the theoretical teaching method this is common, however other ways could be implemented to make the teaching more entertaining. Teaching practices within the career, has several shortcomings, for example the work is little personalized and often we do not learn in a way the techniques to be implemented. In conclusion, the career of dentistry needs important transitory changes, since its shortcomings directly affect the training of future dentists in Chile. There is also a very important data on the mental health of students who are pursuing the career of dentistry, much of it is medicated to be able to perform the exigencies of dentistry, this event should not occur in a healthy place of training.