Dental Student Clerkships

The Dental Student Clerkship offered by the Department of Dentistry is designed to expose the third year dental student to hospital dentistry, dental practice and the benefits of completing a General Practice Residency Program.

During the two week clerkship, the dental student shall observe the following:

1. Completion medical history as required for hospital admission
2. Interpretation of significant findings in a patient's medical history and physical evaluation in both clinic and inpatient charts
3. Interpretation of medical laboratory evaluations
4. Formulation of medical risk assessments on patients
5. Evaluation and formulation of dental treatment plans for at least three medically compromised patients
6. Management of emergency medical treatment
7. Requesting and answering consults
8. Observation of the management of patients treated in the operating room
9. Writing admission orders, discharge orders and progress noted in patients' charts
10. Dentistry's role in the hospital environment
11. Hospital organization and protocol including delineation of privileges and relationships between various hospital services.

Program Admission Information and Requirements:

1. Name of Site Director/Contact:
   
   Dr. Sally-Jo Placa
   Department of Dentistry
   Jersey Shore University Medical Center
   1945 Route 33
   Neptune, New Jersey 07754
   732-776-4212
   
   
2. Type of Program: General Practice Residency Program



3. Required Paperwork:



• Standard Paper Application from school
• Letter from Dean giving student permission to enroll for our clerkship and that student is in good standing
• copy of malpractice rider from school
• security badge from our hospital