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Christine Pasqueretta is a human resource and recruitment professional with experience creating, developing, implementing, leading, and measuring HR impact initiatives.
Overall, healthcare is experiencing more rapid changes today than it has over the past 100 years, and this is especially true in dentistry and oral care. Your ability to handle and adapt to change with ease will be vital as a dental student. In asking this question, your interviewers want to know that you can embrace change and see it as an opportunity for overall improvement.

Christine Pasqueretta is a human resource and recruitment professional with experience creating, developing, implementing, leading, and measuring HR impact initiatives.
"With technology constantly improving and changes to healthcare regulations always shifting, I know that I will have to be open and willing to adapt my work as a dentist. Throughout my later high school years and during my undergraduate program, I worked for a grocery chain in several different roles. Two years ago, the chain was bought out by a regional chain, and with that buy-out came a lot of changes to the work. The biggest change for most of the staff was a new point of sale system, and this was for good reason. The current system was a major part of our workday. Looking back, my ability to handle this change came down to a simple positive attitude and willingness to learn and master the new system. I saw too many colleagues have a poor attitude about the whole situation, and my manager commended me for my positivity."

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Pick an example of a time you faced a change, either in your schooling or the workplace, and responded constructively. Explain how the change directly impacted you and tell the interviewers how you maintained a positive approach during the transition. No matter what example you use, reiterate that you fully understand that your future success as a physician will be reliant on your ability to change with the times to provide the best care possible to your patients.

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