The International Dental Student - From Ukraine to Egypt to Slovakia - IC047

Dental Student in THREE different countries?!
This is a story of grit and determination. I hope that it will allow us all to reconnect with that burning desire we once had to enter our profession.
In this episode The International Dental Student - From Ukraine to Egypt to Slovakia, we meet Nav, AKA the_stu_Dent who has had the craziest journey as a Dental Student. Not only defined as a mature student, but as a British born overseas one now working his way to qualifying in Slovakia, with hopes of eventually returning to the UK where he wants to practice full time in the near future.
Check out this entertaining episode, where we uncover what makes the_stu_Dent tick and why he ended up pursuing Dentistry with such determination, the highs and lows, and how he ended up trying at 3 different Universities in 3 different countries, just to fulfill his dreams.
Highlights:
0:00 Introduction
01:35 - Nav, the-stu-dent Introduction
04:25 - Why Ukraine and what year did The-stu-dent enter?
09:18 - How did Egypt come about?
14:16 - Failure was not an option
16:24 - What happened when The-stu-dent visited Egypt first-time around?
19:14 - 3rd STOP - Slovakia.
21:54 - What are the fees like in Slovakia?
25:13 - What was the decision behind choosing Slovakia over alternative countries in the EU?
27:15 - What has The-Students experience of Slovakia been like, and how much clinical exposure do you get?
30:58 - Are you working part-time to fund your dentistry?
35:17 - What are The-Stu-dents final words of Wisdom?
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[@the_stu_DENT]

Was an absolute pleasure Jaz, super wholesome guy and carrying the dental community to a better place, never stop what you are doing :)

[@DanilishinAleksandr]

I am a dentist from Dnipro, Ukraine. Our universities are scams for locals too. But becouse of that and basically zero insurance we have a very developed commersual courses market and a lot of S class dentist. Maxim Belograd for example. Even towns of 50k people have at least 10 microscopse. An ironic situation considering how poor people are.

[@abdunnur_t]

Really enjoyed watching this. Very informative podcast!

[@the_stu_DENT]

Glad you enjoyed it my friend

[@BUY_YOUTUBE_VIEWS_d114]

Who's here before this goes viral?

[@hristorusev4808]

Sell your story to some film studio, a proper film director could make a great drama/comedy blockbuster out of it! Amazing!
21:00-21:30 pure wisdom, Jaz! ❤ So inspiring! I wish you achieve all your goals, Nav 👍
Be healthy and enjoy the journey, everyone!

[@drarjunpuri]

Jaz - Thank you for showing support to international dental students. That's an amazing offer you gave Nav.
Nav - I'm from the UK too and a non-uk qualified dentist myself. I understand the journey you're currently going through and I personally want to support you with your transition back to the UK when the time comes. I'll reach out to you to connect.

[@the_stu_DENT]

For anyone reading this, Dr Arjun did in fact reach out and we have something in the works already. Keep an eye out for it and just a reminder to all, we need to stick together :)

[@Hamfat95]

BEST OF LUCK NAV FOR YOUR JOURNEY BROSKI

[@donnav786]

🎉🎉🎉

[@the_stu_DENT]

Much love!

[@donnav786]

There it is!