My favorite place

Hi all! Today I will talk about my favorite place in the world (so far) and where I relax myself a lot!

If I had to choose a place that relaxes me which I love visiting, undoubtedly it would be Valdivia.

I visit Valdivia almost every year, specifically in the summer.

Basically, I like Valdivia because it’s a beautiful city, with a lot of nature and a long and beautiful river. Anyway, I think the most important reason why I like Valdivia is because practically all my family lives there, cousins ​​and uncles mainly.

I went to Valdivia for the first time when I was 4 years old, when I visited my grandmother's sister, because she was born there.

The place I visit the most in summer with my cousins is Panguipulli, a beautiful city in the “Región de Los Ríos” with a large lake, where my family and I usually spend the hot days.

 My other favourite place in Valdivia is the “Costanera”. It is a place so touristic, you always see a lot of people of different countries taking pictures or just enjoying the nature. I love to see the Sea lions and how the fishmongers give fish to them.

SUBJECT THAT HAS CAUGHT MY ATTENTION

Hi all! Today I’m going to talk about a subject that has caught my attention during this semester. The subject is “Simulaciones para el ejercicio profesional I”

I think that this is possibly the most feared second year subject of Dentistry in this faculty because it has a lot of theoretical content and the teachers are very demanding. I don’t know if this course is my favourite at the moment, but it has definitely caught my attention because the contents and the practical area are very similar to the work of a dentist in the real life.

This subject has made me realize that I love the profession and in one way or another makes me grow because I get frustrated and I’m very sad about it, but then I learn to recognize my mistakes and improve them.

Sometimes it’s very stressful not to advance in the practical area but my love for the profession makes me leave the sadness behind.

In summary, “Simulaciones para el ejercicio profesional I” reminds me why I stay until 3 am studying or why I wake up every day at 6 am.

Expert on my field that I admire

Hi all! Today I am going to talk about an expert person in my field that I admire a lot.

That person is Dr. Jorge Lemus, a surgeon dentist, who belongs to the Department of Anatomy and Legal Medicine of the “Universidad de Chile”.

Dr. Lemus was the teacher in charge of the subject “Anatomical Bases” in the first semester of last year, however I met him more at the end of 2018, when he was my teacher of practical work in the subject “Anatomical Bases of Face and Neck”.

Of course, what I most admire about him is his wisdom. He knows a lot about anatomy, both in theory and in practice. I am very surprised that even though he is a dentist and his area is the head and face, he knows a lot about the whole human body, such as chest, lower limb, etc., in general I think he has impressive abilities.

This year, I have the privilege of being his student assistant, we dissected corpses and specifically now we are dissecting the pectoralis major muscle as a study material for future generations.

In this period of time, I have come to appreciate Dr. Lemus a lot, he is very willing to teach and always gives the best of him. Although he looks hard and serious, he is a great person when you know him, very tender, kind and above all very funny! :D

 (Dr. Jorge Lemus)