Fourth-year DMD students at Penn Dental Medicine put their growing skills and knowledge to work through a four-week hospital externship, designed to teach the basic principles of medicine and surgery as they relate to dental practice.
This required externship supplements students’ knowledge of oral surgery, anesthesia, oral medicine, operating room technique, and pre- and post-operative care. In addition, it broadens clinical and communication skills as students interact and collaborate with hospital staff and take part in conferences, seminars, and hospital rounds. Externship requirements can be fulfilled at a hospital affiliated with Penn or at a variety of approved sites across the country and around the world. Designed to engage students in the global arena of oral health, the international externships expand students’ perspective of dental education and oral health care delivery in different cultures.
U.S. Externships Sites *
| Abington Memorial Hospital | Abington, PA |
| Albert Einstein Medical Center | Philadelphia, PA |
| Allegheny General Hospital | Pittsburgh, PA |
| Cherokee Indian Hospital Authority (I.H.S.) | Cherokee, NC |
| Brookdale University Hospital & Medical Center | New York, NY |
| East Carolina University | Greenville, NC |
| Ellis Hospital | Schenectady, NY |
| Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, PA |
| Lehigh Valley Health Network | Allentown, PA |
| Lutheran Medical Center | Brooklyn, NY |
| Maimonides Medical Center | Brooklyn, NY |
| Miami Children’s Hospital | Miami, FL |
| Montefiore Medical Center | Bronx, NY |
| Penn’s School of Veterinary Medicine | Philadelphia, PA |
| Presbyterian Hospital | Philadelphia, PA |
| Rochester General Hospital | Rochester, NY |
| Samuel Simmonds Memorial Hospital (I.H.S.) | Barrow, AK |
| Southeast Alaska Regional Health Consortium (I.H.S.) | Sitka, AK |
| St. Christopher’s Hospital Children | Philadelphia, PA |
| St. Peters Health Care Services | Albany, NY |
| University of Florida College of Dentistry | Gainesville, FL |
| University of Kentucky – Chandler Medical Center | Lexington, KY |
| VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System | Los Angeles, CA |
| VA Maryland Healthcare System | Baltimore, MD |
| VA New York Harbor Healthcare System | Brooklyn, NY |
| VA Medical Center Philadelphia | Philadelphia, PA |
| VA Medical Center Wilkes Barre | Wilkes-Barre, PA |
| West Jersey Health System | Camden, NJ |
| York Hospital | York, PA |
| Yukon-Kuskokwin Health Corporation (I.H.S.) | Bethel, AK |
International Externship Sites *
| Princess Marina Hospital (Gaborone) | Botswana |
| The Fourth Military Medical University College of Stomatology | China |
| Sichuan University College of Stomatology | China |
| Peking University School and Hospital of Stomatology | China |
| Universidad El Bosque Facultad de Odontologia | Colombia |
| GKT Dental Institute Guy’s Hospital University of London | England |
| Bart’s and The London, Queen Mary School of Medicine and Dentistry | England |
| Fiji School of Medicine | Fiji |
| University of Paris V/Faculty of Dentistry | France |
| University of Hong Kong Faculty of Dentistry | Hong Kong |
| Hebrew University/Hadassah School of Dental Medicine | Israel |
| Tel Aviv University/School of Dental Medicine | Israel |
| Tokyo Medical and Dental University | Japan |
| Osaka Dental Hospital | Japan |
| Seoul National University/College of Dentistry | Korea |
| Universidad Peruana Facultad de Estomatologia | Peru |
| Medical College of the Jagellonian University | Poland |
| Dental Institute-Colombo | Sri Lanka |
| Chung Shan Medical & Dental College/School of Dentistry | Taiwan |
| Chulalongkorn University/Faculty of Dentistry | Thailand |
| University of Health Sciences in Ho Chi Minh City – Faculty of Odonto-Stomatology | Vietnam |
*List as of 6/10/2015. Availability of sites and programs are subject to change