Practice 40 Western University dental school interview questions covering clinical judgment, patient care philosophy, and ethical scenarios.
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Ryan Brown created and launched MockQuestions in 2008.
Solid communication skills are essential to the success of any dentist, and great communication skills need to start in your dental school training. Your interviewers at Western University School of Dental Medicine would like to know how your communication skills have benefited a team you have worked on in the past to get a feel for the type of communicator you will be within their program.

Ryan Brown created and launched MockQuestions in 2008.
"Last year, I worked on a team project with two others, and I readily took the lead on the project. I put together a timeline of our project and milestones for the project and communicated it to my teammates via email so everything was documented. I quickly set up check-in meetings weekly so we could all monitor progress together and put together our final presentation. By respectfully taking the lead, my teammates were very motivated to stay on task, and both thanked me for being a great communicator throughout the project when we got an A on it."

Ryan Brunner has over ten years of experience recruiting, interviewing, and hiring candidates in the healthcare, public service, and private manufacturing/distribution industries.
Strong communication skills are required to be an active leader as a dental student. Before your interview with Western University, think about how your communication skills have helped you in a team atmosphere in the past, and come ready to discuss how you communicated in this situation. If you are struggling to answer this question, think of a time you alerted others to some important information, communicated a new change you proposed, or found an error in something and brought it to everyone's attention.

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