Fourth-year clinical scenarios at Harvard School of Dental Medicine.

T he following scenarios were developed as part of an eight-week, fourth-year predoctoral course at Harvard School of Dental Medicine (HSDM) named “Advanced Dentistry RotationCore,” taught by Dr. Franson Tom. As the course title implies, students actively participated in weekly seminars on advanced dentistry topics. The seminars required prior preparation of student OSCEs (Objective Structured Clinical Examinations), so that discussion could be student-driven about either first-hand clinical experiences or equivalent published situations.