Dental Residency Program - Brochure and Application

Off-Service Rotations

1. Anesthesiology:

One hundred (100) hours are devoted to an anesthesiology rotation in the VAMC operating rooms. Residents will experience starting IV’s, intubation, and monitoring patients during general anesthesia. The resident will also attend seminars given by the Anesthesiology Service at OHSU as part of this rotation.

2. Emergency Medicine Rotation:

This 40-hour block assignment to the VAMC Emergency Department provides clinical experience to enable the resident to evaluate and manage systemic emergencies, especially those that may occur in the dental office.

3. Liver Transplant:

This 40- hour block assignment provides clinical experience in risk assessment, history and physicals, admission, discharge and care of inpatients and outpatients pre and post transplant.

4. Surgical Prep and ASU:

This 16 hour block assignment provides clinical experience in risk assessment, same-day surgery, history & physicals and admission and discharge of same day surgery patients.

5. Community Service:

Quarterly rotation providing oral (cancer) screening exams to nursing home residents.