Post 8: A subject I´ve enjoyed studying this semester

The course I liked the most this semester is "Desarrollo de destrezas y autocuidado para el ejercicio profesional II" which is a continuation of a course from last semester. I consider that this one has been much more fun and more attractive than the other subjects because here we do practical activities where we can put into practice the theoretical material and develop our skills, such as learning to use the micromotor.

The classes were almost all asynchronous and once a week we had to connect to do the practical activity. Here we had to read a guide and we had to connect in small groups of 6-7 people in zoom plus a teacher and an assistant who guided us in the development of the activities.

The week before last my group had the first face-to-face activity and I consider that it was much better than the online ones, it was more entertaining, dynamic and faster.

I like this course because it gives us the theoretical and practical knowledge that we will use in the future when we work in the future, and with this we know what we will face when we work as dentists.

 

Post 7: An expert on my field

Lucy Beaman Hobbs, the world´s first female odontology graduate. 

She graduating as a teacher at the age of 16, she practiced for ten years as a school teacher. She applied for admission as a medical student. However, her enrollment was denied because she was a woman. The dean of the institution that she was applying to, seeing her passion she showed for medicine, advised her to train in the field of dentistry. 

In those days. before entering a school, applcants has to find a professional to initiate them as assistants, and after an arduous search, Dr. Samuel Wardle initiated her into the practice of dentristry. 

Even without her proffesional degree, she set up her first practice in 1862. It brought her fame and certain reputation for the treatment and service that she provied. 

In 1865, the Dental Society amended its blylaws to admit women. Lucy was admited to a college and began her training. Excelling in all disciplines and areas of dentistry, she earned the degree of Doctor of Dental Surgery on February 21, 1866, becoming the firts woman dentist to be licensed. 

I admire her because she was a woman who did not give up and fought to get what she wanted, even when society at the time was not in her favor.

She was able to revolutionize her era, and even todey, the American Association of Women Dentistry annually awards the "Lucy Hobbs Taylor Award" to the woman who has made the greatest contribution to the advancement, improvement and enrichment of dentistry and in the civic, cultural and humanitarian fields. Recognizing that she has made a grat difference in society. 

Post 6: How can my mayor make the word a better place

I study Odontology, and I believe that it is a career that can generate a high impact on people and, consequently, on the word. 

I consider that dentristy affects the worls in a positive way, because it helps people not only to be healthy but also to perform activities such as eating, talking an laughing in a more comfortable way. and even generating that their self-steem increases and they can develop in a more comfortable way when they are interancting with others. 

I see myself giving my best from now on, studying to have a good bases and, in the future, attending with respect and consideration to my patients. 

My carrer, as I mentioned, affects the word because it affects the people who live in it. But in addition to improving the lives of people individually, it can also do so collectively, researching and creating new trataments that can be available to more people and not only to those with high purchasing power.