Berkshire Medical CenterGeneral Practice Residency in Dentistry

The Berkshires

Just a few things to do!

• “America’s Premiere Cultural Resort”• Summer Theater Festivals

• Williamstown, Berkshire• TangleWood: Boston Symphony Summer home• Film Festivals

• Williamstown, Jewish, International• Museums

• Clark Art, MassMOCA, Berkshire, Williams College• Edith Wharton home “the Mount”, Norman Rockwell

• Four Season sports

The Berkshires

Proximity• 1 hour to Albany Airport• 3 hours to both Boston and NYC• Outlet shopping

The Residency

• Benefits• Salary: $49,950 (2009/2010)• Vacation: 3 weeks of Earned Time• BHS Health Insurance• BHS Life/Disability Insurance• BHS 401K

The Residency

• Benefits; Extras• Scrubs, labcoats• $500 Book money• Meals on call

The Residency

• Professional Benefits• Budget for Attendance at an

academic meeting (i.e. Yankee Dental Congress)

• Membership in Local dental society with Paid attendance at monthly dinner CDE events

• Attendance at 2 All Day CDE Meetings

The Residency

• Academic Benefits• Standard ADA Rotations

• Anesthesiology: 2 weeks• Internal Medicine at CHC: 2 weeks

• Visits to Specialists Offices• ½ day to observe: Perio, OS, Endo, Pedo,

Prosth

The Residency

• Academic Benefits• IMPLANTS: Zimmer grant

• 2 mock hands on implants• 2 patient implants and restorations

• Medical Library• Dental Subscriptions• Amazing Inter Library Loan resources• OnLine resources

The Residency

• Experience Benefits• Medically compromised Patients• Wheel chair accessible clinic• Pediatric Dentistry• Operating Room Dentistry

• Once a month block rotation for GA pediatric and adult cases.

The Residency

• Academic Experience• Weekly Study Group; resident led

journal club, case discussions• Friday morning didactic program: one

presentation in Spring• Internal Medicine Review: one body

system presentation in Fall

The Residency

• Clinical experience• Mostly one to one assistant• Full time receptionist• 3/5 time Program Director• 2/5 time general dentist clinic

supervisors• Volunteer general dentists,

specialists.

The Berkshires

• View images of the Berkshires at the visitors bureau website:• http://www.berkshires.org