{"id":295,"date":"2022-03-29T10:38:10","date_gmt":"2022-03-29T15:38:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.radyfhs.umanitoba.ca\/dentistry\/?p=295"},"modified":"2022-03-29T11:18:48","modified_gmt":"2022-03-29T16:18:48","slug":"northern-rotation-an-incredible-experience","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.radyfhs.umanitoba.ca\/dentistry\/northern-rotation-an-incredible-experience\/","title":{"rendered":"Northern rotation an ‘incredible’ experience"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Dr. Gerald Niznick College of Dentistry and School of Dental Hygiene students travelled north to experience what providing oral-health care in Northern Manitoba communities is like.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Dentistry student Rita Pucci spent one week in Oxford House, Man.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Rita Pucci, a fourth-year dentistry student, went to Oxford House for a weeklong rotation in December, 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt was a great experience,\u201d she said. \u201cIt would be beneficial for all students to do a rotation because you learn so much.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pucci said she learned several tips for root canals, surgical extractions and how to assess the patient\u2019s needs from her preceptor, alumna Dr. Judy Zetaruk. Because Pucci was seeing patients from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., she said it gave a sense of what it will be like in private practice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One of the reasons Pucci decided to do the rotation was because she wanted to learn more about Northern Manitoba. She is interested in working for the government and providing care in Northern communities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The dentistry Northern rotation pilot project was organized by Dr. Trenna Reeve, associate dean (clinical) at the Dr. Gerald Niznick College of Medicine, and Jim McLeod, dental program manager, First Nations and Inuit Health Branch, Indigenous Services Canada.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As part of a new partnership between the School of Dental Hygiene and the Keewatin Tribal Council, third-year dental hygiene students Myriamme Chartier and Miranda Hall travelled to York Landing for a weeklong rotation in November, 2021. Chartier and Hall\u2019s preceptor was Alyson Candline, a registered dental hygienist from the Children\u2019s Oral Health Initiative (COHI).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Dental hygiene students Miranda Hall (left) and Myriamme Chartier spent a week in York Landing.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe Northern rotation experience was incredible,\u201d Chartier said. \u201cI absolutely enjoyed every part of it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The pair of students provided dental hygiene screenings, oral health education, temporary fillings and fluoride varnishes for children in the community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt was a really eye-opening experience,\u201d Hall said. \u201cFor me it was to see the lack of access to dental care. In Winnipeg, we\u2019re so privileged to have so many dental offices and easy access to care. In York Landing, they sometimes don\u2019t even have a dentist in the community.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hall said that she decided to take part in the rotation because she\u2019s always looking for new opportunities and the chance to develop her skills.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt was an experience that I probably wouldn\u2019t get after I graduate, so I thought I might as well take it,\u201d Hall said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Chartier decided to do the Northern rotation because she had previously done outreach work, and she promised herself that she would continue to reach out and help people in need.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe experience was very fulfilling, and it helped me realize that this is exactly what I\u2019m meant to do,\u201d Chartier said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The School of Dental Hygiene hopes to expand the student experience to include more COHI programs in other communities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Dr. Gerald Niznick College of Dentistry and School of Dental Hygiene students travelled north to experience what providing oral-health care in Northern Manitoba communities is like. Rita Pucci, a fourth-year dentistry student, went to Oxford House for a weeklong rotation in December, 2021. \u201cIt was a great experience,\u201d she said. \u201cIt would be beneficial for…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.radyfhs.umanitoba.ca\/dentistry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/295"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.radyfhs.umanitoba.ca\/dentistry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.radyfhs.umanitoba.ca\/dentistry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.radyfhs.umanitoba.ca\/dentistry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.radyfhs.umanitoba.ca\/dentistry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=295"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news.radyfhs.umanitoba.ca\/dentistry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/295\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":298,"href":"https:\/\/news.radyfhs.umanitoba.ca\/dentistry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/295\/revisions\/298"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.radyfhs.umanitoba.ca\/dentistry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=295"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.radyfhs.umanitoba.ca\/dentistry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=295"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.radyfhs.umanitoba.ca\/dentistry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=295"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}