English Language Challenges

Hi Everyone!

Today I´m going to talk about my experience learning english at university.  For me it was a very good experience. At school I had good grades in the subject but it was a bit difficult for me to learn it.

My base was not very good, for this reason I had a little fear of English at the university. But it was the opposite. I started in English II and I had very good grades. I learned to know the language better and to speak in English in a more fluent way. 

The following year, in English III I had to practice more dialogues and write through blogs. I think that blogs are a very good strategy to learn to write texts on different topics, such as our experiences in the university, our personal tastes, hobbies, our personal opinions. English IV was also a very good experience. At the beginning I thought it would be very complicated but I realized that it was easier than I thought. What I liked most about this course is that we could learn the language in an environment of trust and without fear of mistakes. In this university, it always happens that professors are excellent professionals in their area, but they question us a lot if we do not know something, by the fact of being in this university. I'm not saying it's wrong but sometimes it's exhausting.

In general, learning English at the university was a very good experience. At the beginning I was afraid but I realized that learning this language is very easy, it only requires a lot of practice and dedication (like everything in life). I would love to continue learning since that would open many doors in the professional field.

Changes to my study programme

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Today I´m going to talk about changes that I would make in my university studies program. This year in particular has been very complicated in terms of academic load. This year I am studying the subject of "Simulation for clinical practice" where we have to develop manual skills to perform treatments and restorations. The complicated thing is that they demand a great amount of evaluated activities and there is no time to have mistakes. If you fall behind you can fail the subject.

I would make changes by better distributing calendar times and privilege learning instead of the number of approved activities. The fact of doing so fast activities is that we stop thinking that we are attending to a person and we concentrate only on the teeth or caries and nothing else. The profession is mechanized. To this is added all the other amount of subjects such as "health promotion and education", "anthropology", "evidence-based dentistry" and "diagnosis", which have a high level of academic demand.

I think the most important thing for dental students is not to mechanize professional practice. But rather worry about the patients, that there are different factors that cause the diseases and that the treatment considers those situations. For example, the socioeconomic level of the patient, if the health center is very far from home, his work, his habits of dental hygiene, the illnesses of his family. All that influences their behavior and how we can guide a solution to end their discomfort. Do not concentrate only on the tooth, because this way we are not generating a change of consciousness to help the patient.

My Favourite Subject

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Today I´m going to talk about a subject that I enjoyed studing this semester. My favourite subject is "Scientific and clinical basis for the diagnosis II". This subject is very complete because it covers different branches of science that have to be applied in the clinic, in order to make diagnoses of diseases. The areas that are studied are; biochemistry, physiology, radiology, pathology, clinical semiology, microbiology and the specialties of cariology and periodontics.

At the beginning of the semester, we started with biochemistry studying the different properties of the cells and their relationship with systemic and oral diseases. We also study in depth the systemic diseases that may have an impact on oral diseases such as diabetes, chronic kidney disease, hypertension, gastritic diseases such as gastro-oesophageal reflux, ulcerative colitis or Crohn's disease, seizure disorders and anemia.

Another very interesting part of the subject was the study of the different laboratory tests to control the health of the patients.

In the last part we have been studying about the two most prevalent oral diseases in the Chilean population; caries and periodontal disease.We analyze what is the origin of the disease, how it affects the oral tissues, how to diagnose this disease and what kind of treatment we can indicate to the patients.


I really like this subject because it allows me to understand how diseases act and how we can diagnose and prevent them.

My opinion

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Everyone!

Today I`m going to talk about my opinionon different topics.

Violence on television?

In this last time there has been an increase in violence that is shown on television, whether in television programs, movies or in the news. Violence exposed on television can lead children to develop aggressive behavior. Many of these behaviors are learned through observation and are easily remembered.  This is a big problem because when children have difficult situations to solve, doing it with violence will be something natural. I believe that parents should take responsibility for the content their children see.

Adoption?

I think adoption is a very good option for couples who can not have children or for people who choose to give a child a better life. Adopting is not an easy decision, because the couples who are going to make this decision have gone through difficult times trying to have children and assuming they can not do it. Parents often have feelings of vulnerability and impotence. The best thing for children is to generate a secure attachment, that the parent - child relationship is of quality and that there is the ability to impose discipline and at the same time be affectionate.

having pets at home?

I think having pets in the house is very good for the family. It allows to generate healthy habits like going for a walk being a great relief for people with depression or bipolar disorder. It makes the lives of people much more active because they have to be aware of the needs of their pets. In the case of children, it causes them to be more empathetic, active, sensitive and responsible.

chilean education?

I think that education in Chile is of poor quality. It does not encourage children to search for their own methods of study. It is based on learning from memory and repeating the same in tests. There is no adequate process of understanding and analysis. In addition there are many children per room, which makes it difficult for their learning process to be better.

Postgraduate Studies

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Today I´m going to talk about my future postgraduate studies. I still do not have a clear idea of what I am going to specialize in, but I am attracted to the idea of studying Surgery and Traumatology of the mouth and maxillofacial. I like this specialty since it incorporates a lot of knowledge of other specialty of dentistry, such as pathology and oral radiology. Some of the topics to be discussed are; scientific method of investigation, basic fundamentals of surgery, biological bases of pathology, embryology, growth and facial cranial development. I would like to study this specialty in Chile, at the University of Chile. But if there is the possibility of doing it outside the country, I would happily take the option.

I would like to study some days of the week and work the days that I have available. As a part-time course. Before studying the specialty I would like to work in general dentistry. It is a way to get to know the work field and also to know the main health needs of people.

My Future Job

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Today I´m going to talk about my future job. In the future, I want to practice my profession as a dental surgeon. I would like to work first in public health. I think it's a good place to start developing my profession. Also in our country, public health has many shortcomings. The current health system needs better professionals and another system of organization to increase the resources in another way.

I would also like to work in different regions of the country. Places that have less access to oral health. I would like to have a mobile clinic to visit different parts of the country and in this way to know how is the oral health situation in our country.

Finally, I would like to have a dental clinic in Padre Hurtado, the place where I have lived a large part of my life. Although it is located near Santiago, there is little access to health professionals. There is only one dentist for 65,000 people. For this reason I would like to have a clinic with professionals from different specialties, at reasonable prices, to improve the oral health and the quality of life of the people of Padre Hurtado.

For now these are my life projects, I have a long way to go but with effort and work I can achieve everything that I set out to do.

My Profession

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Today I´m going to talk about my profession. The profession that I chose is Dentistry. 

Dentistry is a profession that  takes care of the health of the stomatognathic system. This system is composed by; lips, tongue, teeth, gum, cheek, palate, tonsils, salivary glands, lymph nodes, temporomandibular joint, among others. The organs and tissues of this system allow basic functions such as; eat, talk, to pronunce, chew, smile, breathe, even kiss.

Due to the vital importance of this part of the body, the dentistry degree has a duration of six years. This profession is a mixture of a wide scientific knowledge (branches of science such as biology, chemistry, physics, biochemistry, pathology, semiology, physiology, pharmacology, among others) and highly developed manual skills.

Personally, this profession that brings together all the things that I like. But the most important thing is to give a better quality of oral health to our patients and educate the Chilean population about oral health and its prevention. In this way we can even improve the quality of our country's health.