Please visit the resources page for more information.

Don't have any dental experience or are having trouble finding another? Have no idea where to get some? Let us help you! Please contact our community outreach co-chair, Laura Johnson, at lojoayah@gmail.com and she'll assist you in finding some opportunities!

Congratulations to our new presidents, secretary, community outreach, and public relations officers!

• President: Gretchen Gurion
• President: Benjamin Khaw
• Secretary: Eugene Tsui
• Community Outreach: Laura Johnson
• Community Outreach: Yvette Pineda
• Public Relations: Nes Marco Morales

http://stu-dentdiaries.blogspot.com/

Necessary information needed to embark on the journey to dental school from the minute one enters undergrad to the day they graduate and get accepted to dental school. There are also opportunities to get free items such as study materials, test prep materials, keepsakes, etc.

(Not dental-related, but still a wonderful opportunity!)

http://www.uniteforsight.org/volunteer-abroad

Unite For Sight has been featured weekly on CNN International and in The New York Times

Unite For Sight is the world's leader in socially responsible, effective volunteering abroad. Unite For Sight's Global Impact Corps is an immersive global health experience for students and for professionals.

All volunteers participating in Unite For Sight's international programs are Global Impact Fellows. They participate daily with local ophthalmic nurses, local optometrists, and local ophthalmologists to eliminate patient barriers to care and to facilitate comprehensive year-round eye care for patients living in extreme poverty. Through hands-on, structured training, volunteers gain a comprehensive understanding about best practices in volunteerism, global health, and international development. Global Impact Fellows gain skills and are nurtured to become new leaders in global health. Additionally, Global Impact Fellows may participate in the Global Impact Lab, an optional program for volunteers interested in pursuing global health research.

Locations (volunteer for 10 days, 20 days, 4 weeks, 6 weeks, 8 weeks, 10 weeks, or more)

• Accra Region, Ghana
• Rural Villages, Ghana
• Tamale, Ghana
• Tegucigalpa, Honduras
• Bihar, India
• Chennai, India
• New Delhi, India
• Orissa, India

Complete Details: http://www.uniteforsight.org/volunteer-abroad

GMB at SFSU involves undergraduate students in recruitment of health professionals and procurement of medical supplies and funds for the brigades. Our mission provides a great experience for pre-health students and an opportunity to get involved with networking, third-world issues, and volunteer work. Students will have an immersive experience while preparing for and during the trip. Hands-on experience includes setting up a temporary clinic and staffing it in multiple areas (triage, shadowing, pharmacy), as well as preventative healthcare projects.

Brigaders will participate in innovative fundraising and physician outreach efforts, and gain valuable hands-on public health and medical experience. Being an entirely student-run organization, we depend on creative, hard-working, and dedicated individuals with a sincere interest in global health and other related issues.

For more information, you can also check out the SFSU GMB website at www.gmbatsfsu.weebly.com and also the national GMB website at www.medicalbrigades.org and also, for dental-related info, at www.globalbrigades.org/project/dental/about-us/.

SFSU PDS Members - You can find the GMB presentation from our Fall 2009 first general meeting here: Global Medical Brigades - Info Session Slides. If you are interested, make sure you apply soon to save money on your flight and to maximize fundraising time!

Interested in joining or want to learn more about ASDA? Want to hear the latest news in dental technologies and issues currently surrounding the dental field?

For excellent resources and benefits, become a member of ASDA today at http://www.asdanet.org/.
Membership is $55 annually.

For additional information, and for those who attended our meeting with UOP's ASDA members, please feel free to download this presentation that UOP's ASDA kindly provided for us (here).

"I teach parttime at UOP School of Dentistry. I wanted to let you know:

1. If any student would like to know more about dentistry, feel free to contact me.
2. UOP has a special day for interested students and/or families."

UOP Arthur A. Dugoni School of Dentistry Pacific Center for Orofacial Disorders Douglas G. Chase, DDS, FICCMO 2155 Webster Street San Francisco, CA 94115 (415) 929-6400 (707) 478-2999 Cell dchase1@pacific.edu

20 Doctors Park Drive Santa Rosa, CA 95405 (707) 578-7701 douglasc37@aol.com