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Volume 4 Issue 4 (July - August, 2016)

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POST GRADUATION IN ORAL PATHOLOGY: IS THE SHIP SINKING?

Swati Chaturvedi, Devendra Palve, Manjiri Thakur, Apoorva Bhondey, Tejashree Bhagwatkar, Yogita Dhengar, Rajat Nangia

Background: It has been observed that day by day students are becoming more reluctant towards taking admission in post graduation courses in this branch and almost everywhere seats are remaining vacant. Therefore my aim of conducting this study is to analyze the perception of undergraduate students about post graduation in oral pathology despite of the fact that it lays foundation stone among 1st yr students. We wanted to understand the mind set of these students as to why they are no ready for transition of being oral pathologists than undergraduate so as to have professional outlook. 

  • It is purely research oriented subject.
  • An oral pathologist only can assist dentist with diagnosis
  • as we can see that day by day cancer patients are increasing right from children to adult so we need to have more  research in this subject
  • We only have good eye coordination, critical thinking, good problem solving skills
  • We only can tell patients how to avoid these type of diseases &finding a treatment when we already have them
  • We all know that diagnosis is a prognostic indicator for treatment planning. So without proper diagnosis no better treatment
  • It is a challenging job by which keeping patient alive after diagnosis of difficult lesions like cancer etc.

To deal with current scenario of India with increasing population, this is the right time to change the mindset of upcoming dental students to opt for post graduation in oral pathology as it is an  important bridge between dentistry and medicine. With the advancement of medicine and basic medical sciences it help in directing research in oral pathology because day by day oral cancers and microbial diseases are  increasing so that they can meet needs of growing population.
Keywords: Post graduation, Oral Pathology and Microbiology, Scope of Branch

Corresponding Author: Dr. Swati Chaturvedi, PG Student, Department of Oral Pathology and Microbiology, Swargiya Dadasaheb Kalmegh Smruti Dental College and Hospital, Hingna, Nagpur, India. E-mail: drswatichaturvedi@rediffmail.com

This article may be cited as:  Chaturvedi S, Palve D, Thakur M, Bhondey A, Bhagwatkar T, Dhengar Y, Nangia R. Post Graduation in Oral Pathology: Is the Ship Sinking?. J Adv Med Dent Scie Res 2016;4(4):72-77.

 
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