UCO already offers a pre-med/health professions club and the club's goal includes guiding and informing students who are planning to enter various of fields of health care ranging from medicine and dentistry to physical therapy and speech pathology. The club's format consists of bi-monthly meetings with guest speakers from various organizations and fields along with various volunteer opportunities. People with busy schedules are able to come and go while attending the meetings that only interest them. The current format promotes accessibility for undergraduates who are unsure and still open to the possibility of other health care professions. While I fully support the organization's broad attempt to encompass any and all health-related fields, I strongly feel a narrower scope would be considerably more advantageous and beneficial to students demonstrating a propensity towards dentistry.
I am not without the understanding that a sizable student body would be required to generate a group of dedicated individuals. I still full-heartedly believe that this is accomplishable. Along with several other willing students, I feel that such an organization would be a wonderful addition to UCO's diverse group of organizations. The single purpose pre-dental club that I envision does not intend to duplicate nor encroach on the services that the pre-med/health professions club already offers, but to provide more in-depth programming. In addition, a more cohesive group would be able to promote dental health care awareness among UCO's student body and the neighboring community of Edmond. Guest speakers would include admissions advisers, dental hygiene students, dental students and residents, practicing dentists involving as many specialties as possible and dental hygienists , Kaplan representatives, volunteer opportunities as well as any other individuals willing and able to contribute information and knowledge pertaining to our interests.
I am not without the understanding that a sizable student body would be required to generate a group of dedicated individuals. I still full-heartedly believe that this is accomplishable. Along with several other willing students, I feel that such an organization would be a wonderful addition to UCO's diverse group of organizations. The single purpose pre-dental club that I envision does not intend to duplicate nor encroach on the services that the pre-med/health professions club already offers, but to provide more in-depth programming. In addition, a more cohesive group would be able to promote dental health care awareness among UCO's student body and the neighboring community of Edmond. Guest speakers would include admissions advisers, dental hygiene students, dental students and residents, practicing dentists involving as many specialties as possible and dental hygienists , Kaplan representatives, volunteer opportunities as well as any other individuals willing and able to contribute information and knowledge pertaining to our interests.
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