Friday, February 03, 2012
Back in the old days physicians and dentists would learn by didactic or "book learning" but also by observing procedures and surgeries. Anesthesia using ether for surgery was first demonstrated in the "Ether Dome" at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. You can see this lecture hall/operating room still today. I visited this historic place several years ago. The benches are quite steep so "students" could observe the activities below. So, learning is a continuous process. Your dentist probably is spending more hours in lectures on weekends and evenings than you know. This is why we call it dental practice. We are always practicing and learning.