what happened in dubai this year ???

2:07 AM Posted In Edit This 1 Comment »
this is a question that popped up in my head yesterday .. when everyone came back from dubai .. i was wondering why this year ?? .. dubai has been organizing conferences for so many years annually .. so there is an international conference every year .. but this year a lof people went there .. from each year .. 4th , 5th ,6th year and interns .. i don't know what's wrong with 6th year -- they are supposed to be working .. but hey who am I to judge lol .. maybe they are ahead of everyone else and have alot of time to waste .. i guess what happened is that everyone heard of this conference and planned it as taking a trip together ..not for the conference itself because from what i heard it wasnt that special .. and i guess they didn't really attend all the lectures .. or some didn't attend at all .. all they did is show their face then took their certeficate on the last day --> typical =P and suddenly alot of guys went there too .. so what did really happen there???

I'm a SUPERVISOR.. should I be LATE?!

11:23 PM Posted In Edit This 3 Comments »
At any given day.. anyone of us will wake up early in the morning.. get dressed.. scrubs of course.. come to school.. attend the lecture.. & set off to the clinic.. everything is set.. Infection control.. Instruments.. Lab Work.. Patient.. You!!
But still something/Someone is missing?!!.. So you wait & wait & wait!
it's almost half way through the sessions' working hours.. still not there!
So you eventually give up & you either start working on your own or ask an unassigned supervisor to check your work.. then the real problem begins!
He/She either doesn't like your work & wants some adjustments or simply tells you to go to your original assigned one who doesn't exist!
And once your supervisor appears out of  no where.. you hear the bells that cry out: "DISMISS YOUR PATIENTS!!"

Seriously.. they try to teach us the concept of not being late.. to attend the lectures on time.. 8:00 am or 1:00 pm sharp.. but they themselves lack this discipline!! You don't demand something.. you yourself DON'T do!
The time we waste on waiting in lines or wondering around searching for the "missing without a trace person" is so much & gets to a point that's very frustrating!
Sometimes a procedure that might have took only half an hour.. takes literary two hours! for God's sake! Our patients are people too.. they have families.. homes.. work.. like anyone of us!.. not because they can't afford to pay for private dental care means that ANYONE should make their dental experience more difficult!!

They teach us so many things that we don't see in them.. if these people are supposed to be our role models & we see them do this.. do you think we'll be any different in the future??..

Being a SUPERVISOR.. big or small.. does NOT give you the right to be late.. when it's time it's time! everything stops.. your job in these three hours is to be by my side.. teaching me.. guiding me.. giving me hints & tips.. NOT.. talking on the phone.. saying hi to long lost friends.. meeting with representatives.. giving consultations to other students.. interns.. board students!!! In these three hours.. you are my mentor.. nothing else!

Or is there another definition for the word.. SUPERVISOR ???

not satisfied .. what should i do??

5:13 PM Posted In Edit This 2 Comments »
I was faced with a situation that i was confused wether i should be happy i'm finally done or i should reconsider repeating my work all over again .. a complete denture patient !!
This is my worst nightmare .. the worst type of them are the ones who has a bag full of dentures and always need new ones coz they are not comfortable with theirs ..
After wasting all of these sessions with the steps for constructing a complete denture , at the day of insertion the patient showed disapproval of the denture .. she started pointing out to me that it's painful and she's not comfortable with it .. i started removing the points of intereferences and pressure .. finally she said it's okay but i can see the look of discomfort in her face .. and i'm pretty sure she did say that because she was afraid of my supervisor lol .. of course i got my requirement but still i don't feel good about it .. am i being extra sensitive about it?? or should i be happy i finished a complete denture case? ...
i know it's a learning hospital and the patients do sign a conscent about being treated by students .. i do beleive we should try to give them the best treatment .. like the example of this patient .. alot of students wouldn't give a damn about her .. as long she got her reaquirment paper signed ..
And what's really sad is that when i called my complete patient from last year .. she told me she threw my denture away :S:S she didnt even bother to use it :(( ..
something is definately wrong with removable lool .. or maybe i'm just unlucky with this subject =P

grading system

12:57 AM Posted In Edit This 0 Comments »
one of the things that i really hate in our university is our grading system .. it's a very irrational system .. and i'm sure i'm not the only one complaining from it .. coz people who don't have the ability to memorize very well won't have a chance to make good grades .

we had this discussion last week .. some poeple do have photographic memory .. and they tend to memorize the page and the line where the answer exists .. but others have limited capacity of memorizing .. and those are the poeple who suffer .. most of your grade depend on the final written exam ,, it's ( THE exam) if you messed up then you won't get a good gpa eventually ..
some people faced this problem and what's sad about it is that they are extremely good in their clinical work .. they have the skills .. and they do understand what they're doing .. but they may get irritated and they can't function under stress .. or too much informations gets mixed up in their head ..

the grades must be distributed equally between clinical and written exam .. so it would be fair for all students .. and it should be distributed through the whole year ... like continuos assessment ..
and about 6th year that consitutes 60% of the grade is a very stupid idea .. coz it makes 6th year students suffer trying not to mess up this year coz their whole future depend on it .. if the student is an A+ student through all the years and in this final year she messed up .. then her effort and hard work through all these years is just wasted .. some poeple concentrate more on this year while they were playing before and raise their grades up dramatically ..

serious changes needs to be done to this system coz it's soo unfair to alot of students who spend alot of effort and time in their clinical work .. trying to finish their requirements through the whole year .. but didn't give much attention to the theoritical part .. if the requirements were not finished and you did well in the final exam you still have the chance to get an A

so i guess my advice is to concentrate more on studying the materials you're taking .. instead of the clinical work which constitute the least percentage of the final grade

playing the role of two characters

11:33 PM Posted In Edit This 1 Comment »
This is something i noticed in myself .. i don't know if you all have it or not .. but i have two characters .. the prffesional role and the usual everyday role ..

In university i tend to put on a mask and play the proffesional role .. someone once told me that this is how i should pretend to be just to gain respect from the doctors or from the patients .. and even with my collegues .. the proffesional face is the serious face that shows responsibility and sense of authority .. with no sense of humor or anything .. someone i know once told me ( if i saw a good looking dentist i don't trust him ) lol i think it's funny actually coz being good looking has nothing to do with your work quality .. but patients have different prespectives in judging a good dentist .. they think a good dentist is the one who makes a quick and painless procedures .. not caring to know what's inside .. coz they come to the office and they're frightened already so when this person ease their pain and fear they worship him .. being gentle and nice is an important trait and you should also show that you have enough knowledge and experience .. always makes them hear what they wanna hear ..if she said she feels pain then she does .. give her more anaesthesia and don't just shut her and tell it's in your head you're anaesthetized .. even if you think you gave her enough pretend that you give her but don't inject lol .. i had this kind of patients and i've learnt how to deal with them ..

the other role is the real me ..well what can i say about myself .. a simple person and always trying to cheer up the people around me .. kinda living in my own world and i like making fun of people and talking to everyone .. i don't really care wether it's a guy or a girl but i have no boundaries .. you can say open - minded ... i dunno but i noticed myself being totally different person in the university .. cautious all the time .. and caring about my public image and what people say or think about me .. so i wear a stupid mask that i created for myself to keep this image .. i really hate it but i should live by the rules even if i think it's hypocrisy .. coz you can't change people's mentality .. if they're not open minded then they'll stay this way and nothing can change their opinion .. they will judge you and spread rumors about you and i really don't need this right now ..

popularity is it good or bad??

10:37 PM Posted In Edit This 5 Comments »
i was thinking that day of popular people in college ... and it made me think what made them popluar ?? i was trying to link it with the high school movies which descriminate between the cool popular kids and the geeks =P .. but it doesn't work that way lool .. i figured we're all geeks and we're all together in this .. i discovered popular kids are the ones who have obvious characters .. like they have a sense of humor or they are the social kind who have connections and knows everyone.. or have their own distinguished style that made them special .. these people walk around and they know that everyone is looking at them and recognizing them .. they know they have the spotlights .. even all the doctors knows their name and their quality of work and their grades .. is this an advantage or disadvantage ??? when i think of it .. sometimes it occur to me what if i was one of these people .. i wouldn't really like it to be honest coz if you're not there or you thought of skipping a clinical session the doctors will notice and wonder where have you been .. if you're late they'll catch you coming in late =P .. if you wanna sleep in the lecture -> forget it , it's a really bad idea !!! .. coz they'll notice .. if you thought of doing anything someone will catch you and the words will spread about you ... so you should be cautious all the time coz people recognize you and they're watching you ...
on the other hand , being well known by the doctors can be useful , coz they would help out people they know more than the unknown people .. IF they like them of course .. you can contact them to know your mistakes or know your grades in a quiz for example .. get recommendation letters that could help you out in the future .. but when you think about it , eventually at the end of the year when they grade the exam papers they don't see the names ... and you're graded with what you have in the paper .. so everyone is treated equally and they're being fair with everyone wethere ur popular or not ..
so why do i want the spotlight??

the great wall of china :P:P

6:42 PM Posted In Edit This 2 Comments »
lool i'm sure you all know what the hell i'm talking about ... if you don't you should go to the second floor and check the big blue wall of china that they placed there in between the males and females ... really it's useless coz it makes you wonder what's behind it .. when it's not there you wouldn't really care to look the other way .. but a human nature is what's forbidden is what you really want the most .. as they they say ( كل ممنوع مرغوب ) lool .. and i beleive in this saying .. first they moved the guyz to the same floor as the girls to make it easier for the doctors .. then ooh they realized they can actually see each other since they share the same reception .. so they placed this biiig partition in the middle of the reception which made it smaller than it is .. it was funny at the beginning lol .. then they moved the females reception far away so they won't come near that area .. i thought that was enough ,, but no the new development this week is the partition between the two elevators :P loool females can only use the right one and the males uses the left .. i dunno what's their next step ??? let's wait and see
some girls took it personally lol .. they thought they're doing this as part of accusing them of trying to check out the guys .. and the guys thought the same .. well it's stupid and what's more stupid is when we're interns we're allowed to sit together and communicate and work together as teams loool
weird people ... strange rules but we have to obey them anyways .. it's not like we have any other choice

I'm Back!!

10:07 PM Posted In Edit This 3 Comments »
So I'm back, I really missed this place, I thought it was just a phase, a reaction to the stress but now as I type these words I notice this feeling that I really truly missed this place.
We've decided, both of us me & soso, to change the title to "Dental Gossip" because.... well we have our reasons :P.

Let's talk about the new trend we've got in or college shall we ?
we're all supposed to wear the same color, style, shape, (and size if they had a hand in it!), and this hideous color it's as if we're like preschoolers or something. I know and almost everyone else too that every working place has a dress code.. but not a dress color! or are they just jealous of grey's anatomy, they all were those ugly scrubs to show how cute they are?!
We've became this known group wherever we go.. Dental people wear navy scrubz! it's like we're labeled!!!
serious invasion of our individuality I must say.. and a little tip I learned lately..
this whole scrubz idea was inspired by a little group of known students that started the business with this particular scrub company a year ago.. one must think that for sure their intentions was to calm dawn the "Ministry" that mentioned our college on it's all so empty agenda !!

I know it's like ancient news.. but I had to say it out loud and spit it!

Am I Ready??

8:07 PM Posted In Edit This 0 Comments »
tomorrow is my first day in the univeristy .. well actually in a few hours since it's alrady 5 am lol .. i've been asking myself this question ( am i ready??) lol i don't think i am .. a week ago i was really excited about the fact that we're gonna start soon .. coz i missed my friends and the univeristy is the only place that i can see them all on regular basis :P .. before yesterday when everyone was complaining about the school tomorrow which is yesterday i was bragging about me having one more week of vacation lol .. it's a strange feeling and it's the first time it happens that everyone's got to go to school except me .. i woke up today at 4 in the afternoon feeling great .. but i found the whole house is sleeping at that time coz they woke up early in the morning and went to school or work when i was sleeping .. it's pretty weird lol .. but still i don't think i'm ready .. this long summer made me very lazy .. i don't even want to think about anything .. my brain has actually stopped functioning .. .and i got completely disconnected from anything that has to do with dentistry .. i feel like i forgot everything .. i forgot how to hold my handpeice lool .. now i realized fun is over and i really need to be more serious coz it's time to work hard .. this year i'm gonna be a geek :D
oh ya i forgot to say welcome back everyone ;)
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