Hannah Atkinson
- University of Birmingham 2024
- Dental, Sri Lanka - Kandy
"I was able to see some oral cancers at the OMF clinic which was useful as I had been taught what they might look like but I had never seen any cases in real life."
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Hear from students who completed a Dental internship in Tanzania - Dar es Salaam with Work the World. Browse honest, first-hand accounts and find out what it's really like before you apply.
"I was able to see some oral cancers at the OMF clinic which was useful as I had been taught what they might look like but I had never seen any cases in real life."
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"Before I started placement, I was introduced to the hospital and staff, which really helped me overcome my anxieties about beginning my placement".
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"A lot of the time we were working with no x-rays. This meant a lot of procedures, such as extractions for example were kind of performed blind."
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"The resilience of the patients—and the people of Tanzania in general—astounded me."
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I was exposed to more oral surgery at this clinic in ten days than in my entire fourth year at dental school
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