Instructors

In Fall 2011 I had clinic on Tuesdays.  My instructors were Prof. Susan Alexander, DOCTOR Hansen, Inst. Jenn Wold and Dr. Carol Naylor (kind of).

In Spring 2012 I had clinic on Thursdays.  My instructors were Prof. Susan Alexander (morning?), DOCTOR Hansen (afternoon) Inst. Jenn Wold, and Prof. Shane Perry.  When Dr. Hansen took a job with American Express (not teaching people how to use credit cards) we had the pleasure of having Marilyn Sadler, who had graduated just a year before us, fill in as our other clinical instructor.

So . . . a little summary of each to remember.  (Dr. Hanson has her own post so she will not be listed here.)

Prof. Susan Alexander-
Easy going.  Closed her eyes to really "feel".  Loved taking off amalgam overhangs with files.  Trusting.  Asked what my perio statement was.

Prof. Shane Perry-
High expectations.  Technical with clinical knowledge.  Always drilling with questions.  Didn't care if he made you look like an idiot in front of patients.  Realistic about outcomes of oral health.  Fun.  (An interesting side note about Perry is that after Dr. Hansen left, he became WAY more laid back and fun.  Go figure.)  Cognizant of needs, like if I needed to do a PE or was in a hurry to dismiss a patient at a certain time he would hang around.  He definitely grew on me as the semester went on.  Kept pod wraps to a minimum.

Inst. Jenn Wold-
Trusting of students judgement.  Let me do 4 PE's in one afternoon.  :)  Towards the end of the year her water bottle was always filled with what looked like the yummiest pink punch, don't know what it actually was.

Inst. Marilyn Sadler-
Amazing knowledge of correct charting system and health history.  Made sure everything was perfectly accurate without being rude about it.  Knew the difference between TalEval, Eaglesoft, and real life.  Like if quads needed to be recorded in TalEval differently than what may be billed in a real life situation.  Always around and available.  OFTEN taking on more instructor responsibilities than her own, like when certain instructors would randomly be gone for 45 minutes with no explanation, she would fill in to keep clinic running.  Helps with radiographs, and is dang good at it.       
 

Inst Wold's usual place and position.