In our relentless pursuit to offer the best clinical guidance in dentistry to our students, our institution introduced a novel comprehensive clinical training for the undergraduate students. What began as an experimental and path breaking venture in 2019 is reaping bountiful benefits for the students in terms of clinical exposure and enhancement of knowledge and skill. The benefit of this system has been well perceived by other academic institutions and universities alike.
In the past formal undergraduate curriculum, clinical training was compartmentalized and the students were assigned clinical work and tasks to perform on a pre-diagnosed patient. A general lacuna was evident in the overall diagnostic skills and treatment planning competency of the students. The advent of Comprehensive Clinical Training overcomes this problem, since each student is assigned a patient to diagnose, plan treatment and execute the same under the guidance and supervision of experienced clinical staff. Thus our students learn to manage a patient in every aspect as it would be in private clinical practice.
This training system ensures that on completion of the course, our students will graduate with a new found confidence to manage a practice on their own and treat patients comprehensively, confidently and conscientiously