Rotations are generally two weeks in length and include the following sites:
Anesthesia Rotation (University of Utah Hospital)
- Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS)
- Intubation and airway management
- Safe Sedation Training (SST)
- IV Placement
- Pharmacology of Sedation
- Post-Anesthesia Care/Recovery
Emergency Department & On-Call (University of Utah Hospital)
- Team Approach to Patient Assessment
- Triage
- Diagnosis
- Treatment and/or Referral for Treatment
ENT/Oncology (Huntsman Cancer Hospital)
- Observe/assist ENT Oncology surgeons in the operating room
- Observe the diagnosis and treatment planning for head and neck cancer surgery
- Attend Tumor Board Meetings
Montezuma Creek (Utah Navajo Health Systems) (two weeks)
- Outreach to underserved populations
- Outreach to rural populations
- Improve diagnostic skills
- Enhance cultural competency
General Dental Clinics
- Hospital Consultations
- Management of Complex Dental Patients
- Management of Medically Compromised Patients
- Oral Surgery
- Third molar surgery
- Complex extraction
- Tori removal
- Implant placement
- Primary Oral Health Care
- Urgent Care
Educational Seminars
- Time: Every Wednesday, 1 pm – 5 pm
- Location: Residency Seminar Conference Room (630 Komas Drive)
- Seminar attendance and participation are required of all residents
Pediatric Dentistry Seminars
- Time: First and second Fridays of the month, 7 am - 8 am
- Location: Residency Seminar Conference Room (630 Komas Drive)
- Topics:
- Growth and development
- Orthodontic diagnosis and treatment planning
- Treating pediatric patients
- Practice management
Journal Club/Case Presentation
- Time: Wednesday afternoons during educational seminars
- Location: Residency Seminar Conference Room (630 Komas Drive)
- Case presentations and journal article reviews will be done by residents
Emergency Department & On-Call
- Each resident is required to take primary and secondary on call assignments throughout the year, with five weeks of Primary and five weeks of Secondary call. Residents gain great experience by taking call, managing urgent outpatient, hospital inpatient, and emergency department patients' dental needs.
- As part of emergency training, along with taking call residents rotate to the Emergency Department for a shift where they are assigned to a multidisciplinary team with a nurse, PA, medical resident and emergency medicine attending physician.
Contact Us
General Practice Residency
Wendi Rood
Program Manager
Email: wendi.rood@hsc.utah.edu
